{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including tol8t.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16218 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-2026-16218 is a malicious package in tol8t, published on 15 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16218 is a malicious package: tol8t (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-2026-16218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16218/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16218","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16218/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16218","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"package.json declares preinstall and postinstall lifecycle hooks that use wget to POST installer host identifiers to a hardcoded Discord webhook at https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1413937656697720862/. The preinstall hook sends the installer's current working directory ($(pwd)) and the postinstall hook sends the machine hostname ($(hostname)). Both fire automatically during `npm install` with no user interaction. The package ships no other functionality; its sole behavior is host reconnaissance beaconing to an attacker-controlled Discord webhook.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'tol8t' @ 14.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 tol8t (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16218","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":"tol8t","purl":"pkg:npm/tol8t","source":"MAL-2026-16218"}],"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-2026-16218/"}