# MAL-2026-16215: Malicious code in engin1 (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `engin1` (npm)
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2026

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
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)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16215

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16215/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.