# MAL-2026-14474: Malicious code in ecobee-api (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ecobee-api` (npm)
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v8ph-958r-cj9q

## What is MAL-2026-14474?

MAL-2026-14474 is a malicious package in ecobee-api, published on 25 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

On `npm install`, ecobee-api runs `node beacon.js` via its postinstall lifecycle script. The beacon issues an HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://169.58.96.170:9001/cb, passing the installer's hostname (os.hostname()) and the package name as query parameters. The package ships no functional library code — package.json declares an UNLICENSED 'Utility package' with a name resembling the Ecobee vendor, and the only substantive shipped file is the beacon. This is the shape of a dependency-confusion / typosquat recon beacon: it confirms install-time code execution on the victim host and identifies the host to the operator of 169.58.96.170 over plain HTTP.

Any 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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-14474?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-14474 is a malicious package: ecobee-api (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14474/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14474/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14474

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14474/
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