{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including gunzip-js.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14056 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-2026-14056 is a malicious package in gunzip-js, published on 15 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14056 is a malicious package: gunzip-js (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-2026-14056/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14056/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14056","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14056/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14056","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2hqf-5jxh-4wp2"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"gunzip-js@99.9.1 is a near-empty npm package (typosquat of the well-known gunzip-maybe / gunzip family) whose package.json declares its sole dependency `ltidisafe` as an HTTPS tarball URL — `https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.7.2.tgz` — instead of a version resolved from the npm registry. On `npm install`, npm downloads that tarball from the anonymous Google Cloud Storage bucket and installs it into node_modules, executing any lifecycle scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall) and any top-level code reached via require. The GCS bucket is not associated with any known publisher, the path segment `depenconf` mirrors the term dependency-confusion, the version 99.9.1 is the classic high-number squat pattern, and the package's own index.js is empty — the only effect of installing gunzip-js is to pull attacker-controlled code from an unaudited external host into the installer's dependency graph.\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.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'gunzip-js' @ 99.9.1 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 gunzip-js (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14056","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":"gunzip-js","purl":"pkg:npm/gunzip-js","source":"MAL-2026-14056"}],"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-2026-14056/"}