MAL-2026-16113 Malicious code in etoro-api (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-16113 is a malicious package: etoro-api (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-2026-16113/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16113/index.md)
- Package
- etoro-api
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-16113?
MAL-2026-16113 is a malicious package in etoro-api, published on 10 Sep 2026.
Official description
The preinstall lifecycle script in [email protected] (preinstall.js) auto-executes on npm install and performs an HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://209.126.81.147/etoro-depconf-poce346552f776f/npm/<host>/<user>/<cwd>, embedding the installer's hostname (os.hostname()), OS username (os.userInfo().username), and current working directory (process.cwd()) as URL path components. The destination is a plain-HTTP bare-IP host unrelated to any legitimate eToro publishing infrastructure. The package name combined with the implausibly high version number (999.0.0) is the canonical dependency-confusion shape used to force resolution over an internal private package of the same name.
What should I do about MAL-2026-16113?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.