MAL-2026-14239 Malicious code in gaarf-node-bq (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14239 is a malicious package: gaarf-node-bq (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-2026-14239/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14239/index.md)
- Package
- gaarf-node-bq
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14239?
MAL-2026-14239 is a malicious package in gaarf-node-bq, published on 19 Aug 2026.
Official description
gaarf-node-bq is a dependency-confusion / typosquat canary targeting the internal google/ads-api-report-fetcher (
gaarf) package. The bin entry is an empty noop and the package ships no real functionality. Its postinstall lifecycle script collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), platform, arch, node version, package name, npm lifecycle event) and POSTs them as JSON to the hardcoded endpoint https://yu7pug2j.instances.poc.jchunt.top/gaarf-node-bq. Any installer that mis-resolves the private name to the public registry has its host metadata sent to that endpoint without consent at install time.What should I do about MAL-2026-14239?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.