{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including get-power.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16156 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-2026-16156 is a malicious package in get-power, published on 14 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16156 is a malicious package: get-power (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-2026-16156/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16156/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16156","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16156/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16156","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-3g9w-hfq8-vr7p"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"get-power impersonates ljharb's get-proto utility (package.json declares author 'Jordan Harband \u003cljharb@gmail.com\u003e' and homepage github.com/ljharb/get-power) while mirroring get-proto's file layout as cover. On require(), index.js base64-decodes two bundled files disguised as sourcemaps (parse.ts.map, init.ts.map) into parsetmp.js and config.js, require()s parsetmp.js, then fs.unlink()s all four files to erase traces. The decoded payload fetches an AES-256-CBC encrypted blob from https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/V6NBX via axios, decrypts it with a hardcoded password/salt, and eval()s the plaintext. Whoever controls that paste has arbitrary code execution on any host that installs and loads the package.\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","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 get-power (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16156","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"get-power","purl":"pkg:npm/get-power","source":"MAL-2026-16156"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-14","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-2026-16156/"}