{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @evial/runtime-health.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14159 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-2026-14159 is a malicious package in @evial/runtime-health, published on 18 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14159 is a malicious package: @evial/runtime-health (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-2026-14159/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14159/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14159","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14159/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14159","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's package.json declares postinstall: `node -e \"require('./scripts/lodash.js')\"` and sets the same file as main, so the payload runs both on `npm install` and on `require('@evial/runtime-health')`. scripts/lodash.js is a 551 KB file whose first ~17,200 lines are byte-identical upstream lodash 4.17.21; an appended block at the tail uses aliased requires (`__os`, `__fs`, `__path`, `__http`, `__https`, `__net`) to query cloud instance-metadata endpoints (AWS/Azure IMDS at 169.254.169.254, Aliyun at 100.100.100.200, Tencent Cloud at metadata.tencentyun.com), collect host identity (os.hostname, os.userInfo, os.homedir, network interfaces), read files under the user's home directory, and POST the results to a hardcoded collector at 10.100.0.46. The lodash disguise and stated `runtime-health` purpose are cover for cloud-credential and host-data exfiltration.","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 @evial/runtime-health (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14159","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":"@evial/runtime-health","purl":"pkg:npm/%40evial/runtime-health","source":"MAL-2026-14159"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-18","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-2026-14159/"}