{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including ai-texts.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14217 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-2026-14217 is a malicious package in ai-texts, published on 19 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14217 is a malicious package: ai-texts (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-2026-14217/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14217/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14217","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14217/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14217","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-h6w4-w8pj-2pwx"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package advertises itself as text helpers for AI pipelines (toText/normalizeText) but src/index.js unconditionally invokes a dropper at module top level on require()/import. The dropper downloads a platform-specific installer from https://anymeetvia.com/download/{win|mac-x86_64|linux}/install1[.ps1] into the OS temp directory, chmods it 0755 on macOS/Linux, and executes it via powershell -File on Windows or bash on Unix, then calls process.exit. There is no version pinning, no hash or signature verification, and the download endpoint is an author-controlled domain unrelated to the advertised functionality. The remote installer content is not present in the package and can be changed by whoever controls anymeetvia.com at any time. The README and module.exports document only the text-helper API; the dropper is undocumented.\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 ai-texts (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14217","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":"ai-texts","purl":"pkg:npm/ai-texts","source":"MAL-2026-14217"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-19","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-2026-14217/"}