MAL-2026-12788 Malicious code in editor_application (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12788 is a malicious package: editor_application (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12788/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12788/index.md)
- 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.