{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including etoro-client.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16119 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-2026-16119 is a malicious package in etoro-client, published on 10 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16119 is a malicious package: etoro-client (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-2026-16119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16119/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16119","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16119/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16119","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 preinstall lifecycle script in etoro-client@999.0.0 unconditionally sends the installer's hostname, OS username, and current working directory to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://209.126.81.147/etoro-depconf-poce346552f776f/npm/\u003chost\u003e/\u003cuser\u003e/\u003ccwd\u003e over plain HTTP at `npm install` time. The package name combined with the implausibly high 999.0.0 version and the `depconf` path token indicate a dependency-confusion attack targeting an internal `etoro-client` package: publishing a high-version public namesake so that misconfigured resolvers pull this artifact instead of the private internal one. The preinstall beacon then confirms successful landing on a target and identifies the host, user, and build path.","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-client (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16119","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-client","purl":"pkg:npm/etoro-client","source":"MAL-2026-16119"}],"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-2026-16119/"}