{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including check-audit.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13976 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-2026-13976 is a malicious package in check-audit, published on 13 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13976 is a malicious package: check-audit (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-2026-13976/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13976/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13976","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13976/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13976","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qqm3-3cpw-q9xx"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"check-audit@99.9.1 is an otherwise empty package (no author, no description, no meaningful code) whose only effect on install is to pull a dependency named `ltidisafe` from an arbitrary Google Cloud Storage URL: `https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.6.5.tgz`. This URL is not the npm registry and is not tied to any declared publisher of check-audit. The tarball contents are mutable and bypass registry-side scanning; whatever code and lifecycle scripts it ships execute in the installer's node_modules on `npm install`. The version number (99.9.1) and hollow package contents are consistent with a lure/dropper whose sole purpose is to pull attacker-controllable code into the dependency tree at install time.\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","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 check-audit (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13976","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"check-audit","purl":"pkg:npm/check-audit","source":"MAL-2026-13976"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-13","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-2026-13976/"}