# MAL-2026-13987: Malicious code in resolve-audit (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `resolve-audit` (npm)
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-69qf-g8jq-47xv

## What is MAL-2026-13987?

MAL-2026-13987 is a malicious package in resolve-audit, published on 13 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

resolve-audit@99.9.1 is a stub package (index exports an empty object) whose package.json declares its only dependency `ltidisafe` as a direct HTTPS tarball URL: https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.6.6.tgz. On `npm install`, npm fetches this arbitrary tarball from an anonymous, mutable Google Cloud Storage bucket (path segment `depenconf`, a dependency-confusion marker) rather than resolving through the npm registry, with no version-by-hash pinning. Any lifecycle scripts inside that tarball execute on the installer. The version number 99.9.1 is characteristic of dependency-confusion/version-squat lures designed to win resolution against a private-registry package of the same name.

Any 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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13987?

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-2026-13987 is a malicious package: resolve-audit (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-2026-13987/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13987/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13987

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