# MAL-2026-12804: Malicious code in store-locator-widget (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `store-locator-widget` (npm)
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-12804?

MAL-2026-12804 is a malicious package in store-locator-widget, published on 5 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

store-locator-widget@9999.0.0 ships an empty library body (index.js exports `{}`) and a preinstall hook (`node callback.js`) that, on `npm install`, collects the installer's hostname, username, current working directory, configured npm registry, and CI project-slug environment variables (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, CI_PROJECT_PATH, BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME, and similar) and transmits them as query-string parameters via HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse. The version number 9999.0.0, the placeholder description, the empty module body, and the `/depconfuse` URL path together match the dependency-confusion reconnaissance probe pattern: the package delivers no advertised functionality and its sole install-time effect is to leak information about the installer's internal package namespace and build environment to an attacker-controlled destination.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-12804?

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

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-12804 is a malicious package: store-locator-widget (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-2026-12804/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12804/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12804

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12804/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.