{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including etoro-auth.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16114 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-2026-16114 is a malicious package in etoro-auth, published on 10 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16114 is a malicious package: etoro-auth (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-2026-16114/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16114/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16114","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16114/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16114","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package's preinstall.js runs automatically on `npm install` and collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), process.platform), sending them via HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://209.126.81.147/etoro-nuget-verify1f8eaa57a875/npm/v2/\u003chostname\u003e/\u003cuser\u003e/\u003cplatform\u003e/\u003ccwd\u003e. It then executes `whoami`, `id`, and `hostname -f` (or `whoami /all` on Windows) via child_process and POSTs the command output to the same endpoint. The package's main entry (index.js) is empty; the only shipped behavior is the reconnaissance beacon. The package name and version (etoro-auth@99.0.0) together with the URL path segment `etoro-nuget-verify` fit a dependency-confusion probe targeting eToro's internal namespace, with the high version number used to win resolution against an internal package of the same name.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'etoro-auth' @ 99.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 etoro-auth (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16114","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":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"etoro-auth","purl":"pkg:npm/etoro-auth","source":"MAL-2026-16114"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-10","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-2026-16114/"}