{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including ecobee-home.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14475 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-2026-14475 is a malicious package in ecobee-home, published on 25 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14475 is a malicious package: ecobee-home (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-2026-14475/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14475/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14475","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14475/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14475","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fhh5-9f4g-qw3h"],"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 declared postinstall script runs beacon.js, which issues an HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint (http://169.58.96.170:9001/cb) carrying the installer's hostname and the package name as query parameters. This fires automatically on npm install with no user opt-in. Reaching out to a bare-IP over plain HTTP with the installer's hostname on install is host-identifier reconnaissance/exfiltration to an attacker-controlled endpoint; the placeholder README and lookalike package name are consistent with a dependency-confusion / recon beacon rather than legitimate telemetry.\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 ecobee-home (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14475","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":"ecobee-home","purl":"pkg:npm/ecobee-home","source":"MAL-2026-14475"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-25","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-2026-14475/"}