MAL-2026-16215 Malicious code in engin1 (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-16215 is a malicious package: engin1 (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16215/index.md)
- Package
- engin1
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-16215?
MAL-2026-16215 is a malicious package in engin1, published on 16 Sep 2026.
Official description
The package's main entrypoint (index.js) invokes an initializer at top level that spawns loader.js as a detached background Node process on every require/import. loader.js issues an HTTPS GET to https://api.npoint.io/24c25d5f5fcbb0992a4f, base64-decodes the JSON
code field, and passes the decoded string to new Function(require, __dirname, __filename, module, exports,...), executing attacker-controlled JavaScript with full Node privileges as the installing user. The endpoint URL is stored in a variable named API_KEY to disguise its nature, and the manifest/README advertise a runtime/system-info utility with a getRuntimeInfo() API that does not exist in the shipped code. The api.npoint.io document is attacker-mutable, unauthenticated, and unpinned, so whoever controls that bin controls what runs on any host importing this package.What should I do about MAL-2026-16215?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.