{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including process-mite.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16224 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-2026-16224 is a malicious package in process-mite, published on 16 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16224 is a malicious package: process-mite (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-2026-16224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16224/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16224","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16224/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16224","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"This package is part of a malicious npm campaign published by the `max233` account. Importing the package automatically launches a detached JavaScript loader that retrieves and executes additional code from npoint.io. The retrieved payload communicates with an attacker-controlled server and implements clipboard collection, keyboard and mouse event collection, filesystem scanning, and theft of Chrome extension storage.\n\nOn import of the package main, index.js auto-invokes an initialize() routine that spawns a detached `node loader.js` process. loader.js performs an HTTPS GET against the hardcoded endpoint https://api.npoint.io/33e8d008c334b060adad, base64-decodes the `code` field of the returned JSON, and executes the decoded string via `new Function(\"require\",\"__dirname\",\"__filename\",\"module\",\"exports\", decodedCode)(...)`, granting the fetched payload full Node.js capabilities on the installer's host. npoint.io is a user-editable JSON hosting service, so the executed code is mutable by whoever controls the note and is unpinned and unverified. package.json and README present the package as a 'runtime-utils' library exporting getRuntimeInfo, but no such API is shipped; the advertised purpose is a cover story for the dropper. In-source comments self-describe the module as an embedded remote-code-execution client.","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-mite (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16224","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-mite","purl":"pkg:npm/process-mite","source":"MAL-2026-16224"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-16","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-2026-16224/"}