# MAL-2026-10750: Malicious code in telemetry-metrics (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `telemetry-metrics` (npm)
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10750?

MAL-2026-10750 is a malicious package in telemetry-metrics, published on 16 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

The package publishes as unscoped 'telemetry-metrics' while its README, repository, homepage, and bugs metadata all reference the legitimate @telemetry-js/telemetry project, and the bulk of the source is copied from that upstream. An added lib/plugin-options.js fetches https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThoSuperstarDev/axios-http/main/lib/env/axios.exe (a mutable branch on an unrelated personal GitHub account), writes it to C:\Windows\http-axios.exe via fs.writeFileSync, and executes it via child_process.execFile. The pluginOptions function is invoked from lib/task.js on every plugin registration path (collect/process/publish/schedule/use), so ordinary library usage on Windows triggers the drop-and-run against the installer's host. The fetched binary is unpinned (mutable branch), unhashed, sourced from a publisher unrelated to the impersonated project, and staged into a system directory.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10750?

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-2026-10750 is a malicious package: telemetry-metrics (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-2026-10750/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10750/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10750

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10750/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.