# MAL-2026-11096: Malicious code in @vaultflow/create-flow (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@vaultflow/create-flow` (npm)
- **Published:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xpp9-qw49-cpw2

## What is MAL-2026-11096?

MAL-2026-11096 is a malicious package in @vaultflow/create-flow, published on 28 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On require/import, the package's main module performs an HTTPS fetch to https://api.github.com/gists/198a0bbec7a6018e9250615d26e37b90 (a gist owned by third-party account 'getchainverse') and passes the returned file contents directly to eval(). The gist is mutable and controlled by an external account, so whatever code that account places in the gist is executed in the installer's Node.js process each time the package is loaded. There is no pinning, integrity check, or scoping — the executed payload can perform any action available to the Node.js process, including credential and environment access, filesystem reads/writes, and outbound network traffic.

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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11096?

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-2026-11096 is a malicious package: @vaultflow/create-flow (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-2026-11096/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11096/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11096

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11096/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.