# MAL-2026-10769: Malicious code in easyway2 (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `easyway2` (npm)
- **Published:** 17 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10769?

MAL-2026-10769 is a malicious package in easyway2, published on 17 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On npm install, the package's postinstall hook executes index.js, which POSTs the installer's full process.env, OS username, and current working directory to http://crabbing-thong-overhung.ngrok-free.dev/v1/init over plain HTTP. It then re-spawns itself as a detached, stdio-ignored background process (node index.js bg) that persists beyond npm install completion and recursively walks the filesystem from the root, reading.env,.conf,.json,.yaml,.yml,.sql,.log,.txt,.js, and dotfiles. Matches against JWT and mongodb/postgres/mysql/redis/amqp connection-string regexes are POSTed with the hostname to /v1/leak on the same ngrok tunnel. The ngrok-free.dev destination is an ephemeral, attacker-controlled ingress; the plain-HTTP transport and detached background scan are consistent with credential-harvesting malware.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'easyway2' @ 1.0.3 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10769?

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-2026-10769 is a malicious package: easyway2 (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-2026-10769/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10769/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10769

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