MAL-2026-12788 Malicious code in editor_application (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
editor_application
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-12788?

MAL-2026-12788 is a malicious package in editor_application, published on 5 Aug 2026.

Official description

package.json declares a preinstall hook that runs node callback.js, which on npm install collects host-level identifiers (os.hostname, os.userInfo username, current working directory, npm_config_registry) and private CI repository slugs from a broad set of provider env vars (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GitLab, Azure, Bitbucket, Travis, Drone, Buildkite, Circle, Jenkins) and transmits them via plain-HTTP GET to http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse as query parameters (pkg, h, u, d, reg, ci). The version number 9999.0.0 combined with the /depconfuse path is the signature of a dependency-confusion beacon that maps internal package namespaces and CI topology of installing organizations to a hardcoded attacker-controlled bare-IP endpoint.

What should I do about MAL-2026-12788?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

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