# MAL-2026-16252: Malicious code in ragacateslikodi (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ragacateslikodi` (npm)
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mjhw-5x2v-v3wg

## What is MAL-2026-16252?

MAL-2026-16252 is a malicious package in ragacateslikodi, published on 17 Sep 2026. 

### Official description

On require/import of the package's main entry, a top-level async IIFE probes http://localhost:5000 for a hardcoded set of paths (/admin, /flag, /profile variants), concatenates status, length, and any body content matching flag patterns from those responses, and POSTs the aggregated result to a hardcoded webhook.site endpoint (https://webhook.site/1895d1d5-b227-4ce4-a2ce-232b1bec8b65). Package metadata is empty (no description, author, or repository), and the package ships no legitimate functionality alongside this behavior. Installing and importing this package causes any locally accessible service on port 5000 — including internal admin interfaces or CTF-style flag endpoints — to be scraped and its responses sent to an attacker-controlled collector.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-16252?

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-2026-16252 is a malicious package: ragacateslikodi (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-2026-16252/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16252/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16252

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16252/
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