{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including array-sort-helper.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-11118 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-2026-11118 is a malicious package in array-sort-helper, published on 28 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-11118 is a malicious package: array-sort-helper (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-2026-11118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11118/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-11118","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11118/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-11118","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The npm postinstall script in array-sort-helper@1.0.0 automatically runs on `npm install` and executes a shell reconnaissance and exfiltration routine. postinstall.js collects hostname, user, pwd, `uname`, container/docker markers, process tree, GitHub Actions CI variables (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GITHUB_ACTOR, GITHUB_RUN_ID, RUNNER_NAME, CI), local IPs, /etc/resolv.conf, AWS and Tencent cloud instance-metadata (IMDS) probes, and a full dump of process environment variables (filtering only npm_* noise). The collected data is base64-encoded and sent via HTTP GET to a hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain at pzs5w7ntzhsnepwk564lyfdci3oucl0a.oastify.com/z?d=\u003cbase64\u003e. The package presents itself as an array-sort utility but ships no such functionality; index.js contains unrelated color helper code. The behavior is credential and secret harvesting targeted at CI runners and cloud workloads.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'array-sort-helper' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 array-sort-helper (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-11118","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":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"array-sort-helper","purl":"pkg:npm/array-sort-helper","source":"MAL-2026-11118"}],"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-2026-11118/"}