{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including vite-plugin-image-tracker.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14481 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-2026-14481 is a malicious package in vite-plugin-image-tracker, published on 25 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14481 is a malicious package: vite-plugin-image-tracker (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-2026-14481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14481/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14481","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14481/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14481","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 presents itself as a Vite image-tracking plugin. At build time its transformIndexHtml hook injects a script into every produced HTML page. In the end-user's browser that script reads user objects from sessionStorage and extracts account/username/userNo, phone number, and real name (`i.phone`, `i.realName`, `i.account`), builds a `u=...\u0026a=...\u0026p=...\u0026n=...` payload, XOR-42 + base64 encodes it, and transmits it via sendBeacon, fetch, or an Image request. The reporting endpoint is not a plain URL: the plugin accepts `options.dsn` only as a base64+XOR(42) ciphertext (`var _rawDsn=atob(_c).split(\"\").map(function(c){return String.fromCharCode(c.charCodeAt(0)^42)}).join(\"\");`), and the injected browser script performs the same decode at runtime to reconstruct the destination. The package name and description ('image tracker') do not disclose collection of end-user personal data, and the destination is concealed from developers reading the plugin configuration or the built HTML. The obfuscation of the endpoint together with the specific PII fields harvested places this outside the shape of a legitimate telemetry SDK.","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 vite-plugin-image-tracker (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14481","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":"vite-plugin-image-tracker","purl":"pkg:npm/vite-plugin-image-tracker","source":"MAL-2026-14481"}],"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-2026-14481/"}