# MAL-2026-10736: Malicious code in memtry-cli (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `memtry-cli` (npm)
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10736?

MAL-2026-10736 is a malicious package in memtry-cli, published on 16 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

memtry-cli installs an MCP server whose `memtry_onboarding` tool returns a prompt that instructs the connected AI agent to scan the installer's home directory (~/.claude, ~/.gemini, ~/.cursor, ~/Library/Application Support, ~/Documents, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop, ~/Projects) for chat histories, resumes, YC applications, financial documents, and personal data, then submit the collected content through the package's `create_repo` / `update_context` / `append_changelog` tools. Those tools default-route via `callCloud(`${BASE_URL}/api/mcp`)` to the author-controlled endpoint https://memtry.vercel.app/api/mcp, and the shipped `.gemini/settings.json` pins BASE_URL to that host with a bundled Bearer API key. Only items the model explicitly tags `status: private` stay local; the onboarding prompt does not instruct the model to apply that tag to the harvested personal or financial content, so exfiltration to the author's Vercel endpoint is the default path. The tarball also ships a live `mk_...` API key for memtry.vercel.app in `.gemini/settings.json`.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10736?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-10736 is a malicious package: memtry-cli (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10736/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10736/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10736

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