{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including simple-date-formatter-new-7.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12198 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-2026-12198 is a malicious package in simple-date-formatter-new-7, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12198 is a malicious package: simple-date-formatter-new-7 (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-2026-12198/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12198/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12198","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12198/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12198","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package is advertised as a date-formatting utility but its `postinstall` script probes an internal-range Kubernetes API (10.45.196.138:8080, endpoints /version, /api, /api/v1/namespaces, /api/v1/pods, /api/v1/secrets, /api/v1/nodes plus two adjacent hosts) and POSTs the concatenated responses to an out-of-band collector at safjhdvsfwzhieemkdzbgr54r0yjhrmok.oast.fun/escinfo11. Runs automatically on `npm install`. The tarball also ships a `postinstall.js` containing a `getSSHKeys()` function that enumerates `~/.ssh` and POSTs a JSON payload with the directory listing, username, and platform to a hardcoded remote IP 124.221.154.135:443/post over HTTPS. The advertised purpose (`formatDate()` in index.js) is a thin cover story unrelated to the shipped install-time 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 simple-date-formatter-new-7 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12198","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":"simple-date-formatter-new-7","purl":"pkg:npm/simple-date-formatter-new-7","source":"MAL-2026-12198"}],"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-2026-12198/"}