# MAL-2026-15517: Malicious code in one-intuit-help-system-utils (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `one-intuit-help-system-utils` (npm)
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93c7-v93p-97cw

## What is MAL-2026-15517?

MAL-2026-15517 is a malicious package in one-intuit-help-system-utils, published on 28 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

package.json declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (`one-intuit-help-system-utils`) and whose value is a bare HTTPS URL (`https://repo.securityctrl.com/one-intuit-help-system-utils`) rather than a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm resolves this URL, downloads whatever tarball bytes the host returns, and installs them — running any lifecycle scripts contained in that tarball — with no version pin, no integrity check, and no publisher verification. The shipped package content is an inert stub, so the manifest line itself is the entire published surface: the code that actually executes on installers comes from repo.securityctrl.com at install time and can change at any moment. The self-referential dependency name (dependency-confusion shape) and an implausibly high version (45.0.0) are consistent with a package designed to win resolution against an internal package of the same name.

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-2026-15517?

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-2026-15517 is a malicious package: one-intuit-help-system-utils (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-2026-15517/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15517/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15517

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15517/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.