{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @vaultflow/update-flow.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-11097 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-2026-11097 is a malicious package in @vaultflow/update-flow, published on 28 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-11097 is a malicious package: @vaultflow/update-flow (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-2026-11097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11097/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-11097","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11097/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-11097","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gv55-mvjq-232h"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"index.js is a verbatim copy of the feross/buffer module with a single injected top-level statement `var ins = import('@vaultflow/create-flow')` that dynamically imports a same-scope sibling package on every require. The import result is never used, so the import itself is the effect: any consumer that requires this package silently loads and executes whatever ships in @vaultflow/create-flow's main. Package metadata is a cover story that does not describe the code — package.json name is `@vaultflow/update-flow` with an empty description, but the README is titled `bare-stream` with install instructions for an unrelated `@sql-access/nods` package, and the declared repository points to `guilderguzman/sql-link`, an unrelated placeholder. The combination of a legitimate-library clone, an injected dynamic import of an undocumented sibling, and mismatched README/repo framing is a supply-chain loader shape that smuggles execution of attacker-controlled sibling-package code into any project that installs this package.\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.","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 @vaultflow/update-flow (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-11097","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":"@vaultflow/update-flow","purl":"pkg:npm/%40vaultflow/update-flow","source":"MAL-2026-11097"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-28","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-2026-11097/"}