{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including saaa9.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14254 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-2026-14254 is a malicious package in saaa9, published on 19 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14254 is a malicious package: saaa9 (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-2026-14254/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14254/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14254","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14254/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14254","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 is published as a 'System binary configuration tool' but the shipped code is a covert Windows surveillance overlay. On execution, index.js spawns wscript.exe against the bundled start_tool.vbs, which uses Shell.Application.ShellExecute with the 'runas' verb and window state 0 to relaunch cmd.exe silently as administrator and run the bundled pointer.py. If Python is missing, index.js first silently installs Python via winget or, failing that, downloads python-3.12.3-amd64.exe from python.org to %TEMP% and executes it with /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1, deleting the installer afterward. pointer.py registers global keyboard hotkeys and, on trigger, captures the installer's clipboard, screenshots regions of the active desktop, extracts on-screen text via IAccessible2/UIAutomation, and POSTs the collected data through a persistent requests.Session to the hardcoded endpoint https://iq-overlay-pointer.vercel.app/api. Server responses are auto-typed or pasted back into the active window via pyautogui. The tkinter UI is deliberately concealed (overrideredirect, empty title, transparent color, alpha 0.75, withdraw), and comments labeled 'HACK 1/2' confirm intentional stealth. The package metadata's stated purpose does not correspond to any of the observed behavior.","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 saaa9 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14254","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":"saaa9","purl":"pkg:npm/saaa9","source":"MAL-2026-14254"}],"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-2026-14254/"}