{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including nodeaxois.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10589 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-2026-10589 is a malicious package in nodeaxois, published on 14 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10589 is a malicious package: nodeaxois (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-2026-10589/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10589/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10589","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10589/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10589","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package declares scripts.postinstall: node.init.js, which runs automatically on npm install. The.init.js script collects host metadata (os.hostname(), os.platform(), process.cwd(), process.pid, timestamp), enumerates approximately 60 credential-shaped environment variables (NPM_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, STRIPE_*, DOCKER_*, CLOUDFLARE_*, GCP, etc.), reads ~/.npmrc, ~/.env*, ~/config.json, ~/credentials.json, and files under ~/.config/ whose names contain token/cred/secret, and POSTs the aggregated JSON to a hardcoded https://webhook.cool/at/tender-deer-80/ endpoint. The package's index.js exports an empty object; the tarball provides no legitimate functionality. The name is a likely typosquat of axios.","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 nodeaxois (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-10589","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":"nodeaxois","purl":"pkg:npm/nodeaxois","source":"MAL-2026-10589"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-14","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-2026-10589/"}