MAL-2026-16176 Malicious code in fulfillment-cuprum-auth-widget (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
fulfillment-cuprum-auth-widget
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-16176?

MAL-2026-16176 is a malicious package in fulfillment-cuprum-auth-widget, published on 15 Sep 2026.

Official description

The package's preinstall script (index.js) runs automatically on npm install and collects host identifiers via os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), os.homedir(), and DNS lookups, then JSON-stringifies the entire process.env and POSTs both payloads to a hardcoded external host at https://l2ha5tswnm71286wnjgrngvb4tyejmdpe.i.dr0gas.com/exf. Bulk process.env serialization on developer and CI machines captures whatever secrets are present in the environment (cloud credentials, registry tokens, CI secrets). The destination domain is unrelated to any legitimate npm publisher and follows a dependency-confusion exfiltration pattern (long random subdomain under an attacker-controlled apex).

What should I do about MAL-2026-16176?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

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