{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @zzzgenesis00/env-loader.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12120 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-2026-12120 is a malicious package in @zzzgenesis00/env-loader, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12120 is a malicious package: @zzzgenesis00/env-loader (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-2026-12120/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12120/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12120","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12120/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12120","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 npm install, postinstall.js reads installer-owned secret material — ~/.ssh entries, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig — and iterates a curated list of credential and wallet environment variables (NPM_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE, ETHEREUM/BITCOIN/SOLANA/TRON_PRIVATE_KEY, WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY, API_KEY, etc.), enumerates Chrome/Firefox profile artifacts (Cookies, Login Data) and wallet directories, and runs `npm whoami` and `git config user.email` to identify the host. The collected payload is JSON-encoded and transmitted to two hardcoded, attacker-controlled destinations: a Telegram Bot API endpoint (api.telegram.org/bot\u003credacted\u003e/sendMessage) and an HTTP POST to 40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.servousercontent.com/collect. The package presents itself as a dotenv alternative and exports a stub wallet API (generateMnemonic, createWallet, signTransaction returning random bytes) as a cover story; the block-worthy behavior is the install-time credential theft in postinstall.js.","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 @zzzgenesis00/env-loader (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12120","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":"@zzzgenesis00/env-loader","purl":"pkg:npm/%40zzzgenesis00/env-loader","source":"MAL-2026-12120"}],"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-2026-12120/"}