{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including strapi-plugin-honey-meeb.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16231 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-2026-16231 is a malicious package in strapi-plugin-honey-meeb, published on 16 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16231 is a malicious package: strapi-plugin-honey-meeb (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-2026-16231/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16231/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16231","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16231/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16231","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package's postinstall lifecycle script (postinstall.js) spawns a Python-based reverse shell that opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded IP 14.225.210.85:80, dup2's stdin/stdout/stderr onto the socket, and calls pty.spawn('sh'), yielding an interactive remote shell on the installer's host at npm install time. Execution is gated by an os.hostname() check against 'ubuntu-fc-uvm', with self-labeled log strings such as '[+] Starting reverse shell' and '[+] proceeding with exploit' — a targeting/evasion pattern indicative of an intentional attack rather than a demo. The package name resembles the legitimate Strapi plugin ecosystem, but the shipped install-time payload has no legitimate purpose.","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 strapi-plugin-honey-meeb (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16231","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":"strapi-plugin-honey-meeb","purl":"pkg:npm/strapi-plugin-honey-meeb","source":"MAL-2026-16231"}],"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-2026-16231/"}