{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @lekzo/baileys.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16276 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-2026-16276 is a malicious package in @lekzo/baileys, published on 18 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16276 is a malicious package: @lekzo/baileys (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-2026-16276/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16276/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16276","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16276/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16276","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jv7g-wqqq-m6gm"],"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 the `libsignal` dependency as `github:canove/libsignal-node` — a bare GitHub owner/repo reference with no commit SHA, tag, or semver version. On `npm install`, this resolves to whatever the current HEAD of that third-party repository points at, fetching and installing arbitrary code with no integrity check and running any lifecycle scripts inside the returned bytes. Whoever controls that GitHub repository at any future moment controls code executed on every installer of this package. The static `ping`/`GET` co-occurrence in lib/Utils/generics.js is unrelated to this finding.\n\nAny 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.","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 @lekzo/baileys (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16276","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"@lekzo/baileys","purl":"pkg:npm/%40lekzo/baileys","source":"MAL-2026-16276"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-18","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-2026-16276/"}