{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including filewisee.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10501 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-2026-10501 is a malicious package in filewisee, published on 13 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10501 is a malicious package: filewisee (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-2026-10501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10501/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10501","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10501/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10501","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wp6h-28pg-v4j5"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package presents itself as a date-formatting utility and re-exports plausible date APIs (format, formatISO, formatDate, formatTime) from dist/index.js, but also exports formatd from dist/file.js. When formatd is invoked, it fetches an opaque binary from the anonymous file host pixeldrain.com (https://pixeldrain.com/u/byLkaSJR), writes the bytes to ~/.drc/dr, chmods the file 0o755, and spawns it with caller-supplied args using stdio:'ignore' and windowsHide:true so the child process is hidden. There is no hash or signature verification on the downloaded binary, the host is anonymous and unrelated to the publisher, the download target is unrelated to date formatting, and the binary is staged in a hidden dot-directory under the user's home. The cover-story API surface (formatd named to blend with format/formatDate/formatTime) increases the chance consumers invoke the dropper believing it is a date helper.\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","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 filewisee (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-10501","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"filewisee","purl":"pkg:npm/filewisee","source":"MAL-2026-10501"}],"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-2026-10501/"}