{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including process-lhpm.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16178 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-2026-16178 is a malicious package in process-lhpm, published on 15 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16178 is a malicious package: process-lhpm (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-2026-16178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16178/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16178","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16178/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16178","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 require/import, index.js auto-invokes initialize(), which spawns a detached, stdio-suppressed `node loader.js` background process. loader.js performs an HTTPS GET to https://api.npoint.io/33e8d008c334b060adad, base64-decodes the `code` field of the JSON response, and executes it via `new Function('require','__dirname','__filename','module','exports', decodedCode)(...)` with full Node privileges and require access. The remote payload URL is stored in a variable named `API_KEY` to obscure its role. api.npoint.io is a mutable third-party JSON hosting service, so the executed code can be swapped by the operator at any time without republishing the package. The detached child process outlives the importing application, establishing a persistent remote-code-loading channel on any host that imports this package.","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 process-lhpm (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16178","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":"process-lhpm","purl":"pkg:npm/process-lhpm","source":"MAL-2026-16178"}],"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-2026-16178/"}