{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including etoro-charts.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16118 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-2026-16118 is a malicious package in etoro-charts, published on 10 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16118 is a malicious package: etoro-charts (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-2026-16118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16118/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16118","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16118/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16118","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"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/\u003chost\u003e/\u003cuser\u003e/\u003cplatform\u003e/\u003ccwd\u003e, 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.","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-charts (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16118","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-charts","purl":"pkg:npm/etoro-charts","source":"MAL-2026-16118"}],"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-2026-16118/"}