{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including streak-metricazbd.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12001 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-2026-12001 is a malicious package in streak-metricazbd, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12001 is a malicious package: streak-metricazbd (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-2026-12001/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12001/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12001","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12001/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12001","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On import of the package, dist/index.mjs runs an IIFE that copies a bundled Linux x86_64 ELF (dist/math-core.bin) to /tmp/sm-engine-runtime/math-core.bin and spawns it via child_process.spawn, framed as 'math-core engine calibration' and wrapped in an error-swallowing try/catch. The dropped binary is a full remote-access implant identifying itself as 'RedShell': it beacons to a hardcoded remote server at 217.60.77.63, accepts commands over that channel to execute arbitrary shell commands via /bin/sh and /bin/bash, provides SOCKS5 proxying and TCP port forwarding, downloads and executes additional ELF/shellcode payloads, installs systemd --user persistence disguised as 'svc-update.service', and exposes /ssh_keys, /creds, /dbfind, /env, /dataextract, and /download commands that harvest installer SSH keys, credentials, and arbitrary files and exfiltrate them in chunks via POST /api/extract-receive. Any host that imports this package hands full remote control and credential access to the operator of 217.60.77.63.","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 streak-metricazbd (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12001","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":"streak-metricazbd","purl":"pkg:npm/streak-metricazbd","source":"MAL-2026-12001"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-05","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-2026-12001/"}