{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including jquery.ui.core.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12394 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-2026-12394 is a malicious package in jquery.ui.core, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12394 is a malicious package: jquery.ui.core (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-2026-12394/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12394/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12394","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12394/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12394","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 a dependency-confusion squat on the jquery.ui.core name published at version 9999.0.0. The main entry (index.js) is empty (module.exports = {}); the only functional code is a preinstall script (callback.js) that runs automatically on npm install. On install, the script reads os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), npm_config_registry, and CI repository-identifier environment variables (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, CI_PROJECT_PATH, BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME, BITBUCKET_REPO_FULL_NAME, TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG, DRONE_REPO, BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG, CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME, JOB_NAME) and issues an HTTP GET to http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse with those values as query parameters. The 9999.0.0 version, empty module body, hardcoded bare-IP over plaintext HTTP, and reporting of the configured npm registry plus CI repo slug are the canonical dependency-confusion reconnaissance shape used to identify internal build systems that mistakenly resolved a private package name to the public registry.","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 jquery.ui.core (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12394","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":"jquery.ui.core","purl":"pkg:npm/jquery.ui.core","source":"MAL-2026-12394"}],"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-2026-12394/"}