{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including node-sysmon-native.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10465 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-10465 is a malicious package in node-sysmon-native, published on 13 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10465 is a malicious package: node-sysmon-native (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10465/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10465/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10465","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10465/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10465","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On module load, index.js reconstructs a hex-encoded URL (Buffer.from('687474703a2f2f3135322e35332e3132302e39302f636d64','hex')) that decodes to http://152.53.120.90/cmd and enters an asynchronous polling loop that GETs /commands from that host, executes each returned command via spawnSync('bash', ['-c', cmd]) with a 55-second timeout and 5MB output buffer, and POSTs the stdout, stderr, and exit code back to /results. Any consumer that require()s this package grants the operator of 152.53.120.90 arbitrary shell execution on the host, with output exfiltration. The destination is a bare IP address reconstructed at runtime from a hex string to hide it from static scanners, and the package's declared 'sysmon-native' purpose provides no legitimate reason for polling a hardcoded remote host for shell commands.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in node-sysmon-native (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-10465","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"node-sysmon-native","purl":"pkg:npm/node-sysmon-native","source":"MAL-2026-10465"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-13","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10465/"}