{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including payoutsvettingserv-paypal.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-11058 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-2026-11058 is a malicious package in payoutsvettingserv-paypal, published on 25 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-11058 is a malicious package: payoutsvettingserv-paypal (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-2026-11058/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11058/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-11058","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11058/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-11058","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q284-v87w-8w6f"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"payoutsvettingserv-paypal@28.0.0 declares `preinstall: node index.js` in package.json, causing index.js to run automatically on `npm install`. The script collects host identifiers via `os.hostname()`, `os.platform()`, `os.arch()`, `os.homedir()`, and DNS server info, then POSTs them as JSON to a hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain at `2y1pgajb8aa05uiq8g9ghu99e0ks8twi.oastify.com/hit` over HTTPS. The package name mimics an internal PayPal-style service, consistent with a dependency-confusion reconnaissance payload targeting build systems that mis-resolve an internal name to the public npm registry.\n\nAny 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.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'payoutsvettingserv-paypal' @ 28.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 payoutsvettingserv-paypal (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-11058","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"payoutsvettingserv-paypal","purl":"pkg:npm/payoutsvettingserv-paypal","source":"MAL-2026-11058"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-25","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-2026-11058/"}