{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including expect-dotenv.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14316 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-2026-14316 is a malicious package in expect-dotenv, published on 20 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14316 is a malicious package: expect-dotenv (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-2026-14316/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14316/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14316","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14316/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14316","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-h7q6-7chv-cgh2"],"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 main entry runs a worker that performs an HTTPS GET to https://realase-0626.vercel.app/api/v1 and passes the response's `parser` string into vm.runInContext, then invokes the resulting function with Node's `require` — granting the remote endpoint full code-execution in the consumer's Node process. The destination URL is concealed as a hex byte array in constants.js (pluginIDs) and reassembled at runtime via String.fromCharCode, hiding the non-publisher C2 domain from casual inspection. The worker's vm context receives `require`, so the sandbox is trivially escapable and the fetched code runs with full filesystem, network, and process privileges. This behavior fires on `require('expect-dotenv')` followed by `.config()` or `.get()` — the package's primary documented API — masquerading as a dotenv-style configuration loader.\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 expect-dotenv (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14316","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":"expect-dotenv","purl":"pkg:npm/expect-dotenv","source":"MAL-2026-14316"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-20","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-2026-14316/"}