{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including search-reservation.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-15521 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-2026-15521 is a malicious package in search-reservation, published on 28 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-15521 is a malicious package: search-reservation (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-2026-15521/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15521/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-15521","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15521/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-15521","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j5xq-g44w-jh7c"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"package.json declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (search-reservation) and whose value is the bare URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/search-reservation instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm resolves this URL, downloads whatever tarball it returns, and installs it — unpinned, integrity-unchecked, and running any lifecycle scripts inside the fetched artifact. Whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com controls code executed on the installer's machine. The shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest URL is the entire delivery mechanism. The self-named dependency shape also matches dependency-confusion targeting of an internal package named search-reservation.\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 search-reservation (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-15521","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":"search-reservation","purl":"pkg:npm/search-reservation","source":"MAL-2026-15521"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-28","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-2026-15521/"}