{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @temptation.js/utils.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14410 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-2026-14410 is a malicious package in @temptation.js/utils, published on 24 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14410 is a malicious package: @temptation.js/utils (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-2026-14410/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14410/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14410","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14410/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14410","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 registers a preinstall hook (node index.js) that runs on npm install and harvests installer-side data: os.hostname(), OS username, home directory, local IPv4, public IP resolved via https://api.ipify.org / https://icanhazip.com / https://ifconfig.me, DNS resolver info, INIT_CWD, parent project package.json fields, CI context (GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins/Azure DevOps repo, actor, run id), AWS_REGION, npm registry URL, git user.email domain, and the output of `gh api user --jq.login` and `npm whoami` — using the installer's authenticated gh/npm CLI sessions to attribute the install to a real developer account. The collected JSON is hex-encoded, split into 60-character chunks, and exfiltrated via DNS resolutions of the form `\u003ci\u003e-\u003chex\u003e.u-\u003cuuid\u003e.da51rv0hb2uc72tg4gvgdepinjcallbk1.oast.fun` (an OAST/interactsh callback host) as well as HTTPS/HTTP POSTs to /poc/\u003cuuid\u003e at the same host. A source comment describes the DNS channel as designed to survive corporate egress filtering. The version number 999.9.15 is a dependency-confusion overshoot intended to win private-name resolution against an internal package of the same name.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@temptation.js/utils' @ 999.9.16 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 @temptation.js/utils (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14410","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":"@temptation.js/utils","purl":"pkg:npm/%40temptation.js/utils","source":"MAL-2026-14410"}],"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-2026-14410/"}