{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @wethenorth12/crypto-config.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12089 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-2026-12089 is a malicious package in @wethenorth12/crypto-config, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12089 is a malicious package: @wethenorth12/crypto-config (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-2026-12089/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12089/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12089","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12089/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12089","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 require, index.js collects process.env, hostname, username, homedir, platform, and cwd, base64-encodes the blob, and POSTs it to api.telegram.org/bot\u003ctoken\u003e/sendMessage with a hardcoded bot token and chat_id 8969499041. A tmp marker file gates repeat sends. The package presents itself as a drop-in for the popular `config` package (typosquat), attempts to require('config') and re-exports it to preserve apparent functionality, and uses randomized variable names to obscure the exfiltration path.","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 @wethenorth12/crypto-config (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12089","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":"@wethenorth12/crypto-config","purl":"pkg:npm/%40wethenorth12/crypto-config","source":"MAL-2026-12089"}],"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-2026-12089/"}