# MAL-2026-10968: Malicious code in commonweb-rewards (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `commonweb-rewards` (npm)
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p7jm-wh46-6hxx

## What is MAL-2026-10968?

MAL-2026-10968 is a malicious package in commonweb-rewards, published on 21 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

commonweb-rewards ships an empty index.js and declares a single dependency `ltidisafe` whose version spec is a direct URL to a tarball on a non-publisher Google Cloud Storage bucket: `https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.5.5.tgz`. On `npm install`, npm fetches and installs that tarball into the consumer's node_modules; any lifecycle scripts it declares (preinstall/install/postinstall) execute on the installer's machine, and the package's runtime code is loaded whenever the consumer requires it. The bytes at that URL are mutable and controlled by the bucket owner, not the npm publisher, and are not pinned by hash or signature. Combined with the hollow main entry, the sole effect of installing commonweb-rewards is to resolve and run whatever code is currently hosted at that GCS URL. The `depenconf` path component and the shell-package shape (empty main + single out-of-registry URL dependency) are consistent with a dependency-confusion / smuggling loader.

Any 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.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'commonweb-rewards' @ 99.9.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10968?

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-2026-10968 is a malicious package: commonweb-rewards (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-2026-10968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10968/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10968

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10968/
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