# MAL-2026-14526: Malicious code in omniauth-recharge-rails-example (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `omniauth-recharge-rails-example` (npm)
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-14526?

MAL-2026-14526 is a malicious package in omniauth-recharge-rails-example, published on 26 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The package's package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle script that runs `wget` against a hardcoded webhook.site URL (https://webhook.site/26e65e9b-fd9c-4f3f-beb3-063309f4d7d9/) with query parameters carrying `$(whoami)`, `$(pwd)`, and `$(hostname)` from the installer's machine. The request fires automatically on `npm install`, transmitting the installer's username, working directory path, and hostname to a third-party collector controlled by whoever provisioned the webhook token. This is the canonical dependency-confusion / namespace-squat beacon pattern used to prove reachability into an internal network by leaking host identity.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'omniauth-recharge-rails-example' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-14526?

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-2026-14526 is a malicious package: omniauth-recharge-rails-example (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-2026-14526/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14526/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14526

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