MAL-2026-16118 Malicious code in etoro-charts (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-16118 is a malicious package: etoro-charts (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-2026-16118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16118/index.md)
- Package
- etoro-charts
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-16118?
MAL-2026-16118 is a malicious package in etoro-charts, published on 10 Sep 2026.
Official description
On npm install, preinstall.js runs automatically and sends the installer's hostname, username, platform, and current working directory via HTTP GET to http://209.126.81.147/etoro-nuget-verify1f8eaa57a875/npm/v2/<host>/<user>/<platform>/<cwd>, then executes
whoami; id; hostname -f (or whoami /all on Windows) via child_process and POSTs the command output to the same hardcoded bare-IP endpoint over plain HTTP. The package.json advertises the package as an Internal service client library at version 99.0.0 with no real functional code beyond the preinstall hook, and the beacon path segment etoro-nuget-verify... targets an internal eToro namespace, matching the dependency-confusion recon pattern.What should I do about MAL-2026-16118?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.