{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including harmony-app-toolkit.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14055 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-2026-14055 is a malicious package in harmony-app-toolkit, published on 15 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14055 is a malicious package: harmony-app-toolkit (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-2026-14055/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14055/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14055","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14055/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14055","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package declares a preinstall lifecycle script (preinstall.js) that reads a hex-encoded command from preinstall.json, decodes it with Buffer.from(hex,'hex'), and passes the result to child_process.exec. The decoded command shells out via curl to https://eousft8gflamm91.m.pipedream.net and POSTs the output of whoami, pwd, hostname, and the contents of /etc/passwd from the installing host. The behavior runs automatically on npm install, uses hex encoding to hide the payload string, and sends installer host identity and a system account file to an attacker-controlled Pipedream endpoint.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'harmony-app-toolkit' @ 22.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 harmony-app-toolkit (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14055","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":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"harmony-app-toolkit","purl":"pkg:npm/harmony-app-toolkit","source":"MAL-2026-14055"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-15","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-2026-14055/"}