{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including preferenceslifecycle-paypal.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-11062 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-2026-11062 is a malicious package in preferenceslifecycle-paypal, published on 25 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-11062 is a malicious package: preferenceslifecycle-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-2026-11062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11062/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-11062","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11062/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-11062","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jpjh-7qpg-hqxv"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package's preinstall hook executes index.js, which collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.platform(), os.arch(), os.homedir(), and dns.getServers()) and POSTs them as JSON to the hardcoded host ucahu2x3m2osjmwim8n8vmn1ssykmnac.oastify.com (a Burp Collaborator out-of-band domain) at /hit. The transmission is unconditional and fires automatically on npm install without any documented purpose or opt-in. The package name resembles internal-package/scope conventions, matching a dependency-confusion beaconing pattern where install-time execution confirms resolution of an attacker-published lookalike inside a target environment.\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 'preferenceslifecycle-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 preferenceslifecycle-paypal (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-11062","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":"preferenceslifecycle-paypal","purl":"pkg:npm/preferenceslifecycle-paypal","source":"MAL-2026-11062"}],"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-2026-11062/"}