{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including gemini-cli-a2a-server.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14244 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-2026-14244 is a malicious package in gemini-cli-a2a-server, published on 19 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14244 is a malicious package: gemini-cli-a2a-server (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-2026-14244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14244/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14244","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14244/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14244","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On npm install, the package's postinstall script collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), platform, arch, Node version, and package/lifecycle metadata) and POSTs them via https.request to the hardcoded endpoint https://onpx9s3x.instances.poc.jchunt.top/gemini-cli-a2a-server. The package name mimics a private Google Gemini CLI a2a-server component, and a source.txt reference in the tarball points at that internal package — consistent with a dependency-confusion probe that pings out from any environment that inadvertently resolves this public name instead of the intended private one.","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 gemini-cli-a2a-server (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14244","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":"gemini-cli-a2a-server","purl":"pkg:npm/gemini-cli-a2a-server","source":"MAL-2026-14244"}],"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-2026-14244/"}