{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including keroeltop.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16297 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-2026-16297 is a malicious package in keroeltop, published on 18 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16297 is a malicious package: keroeltop (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-2026-16297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16297/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16297","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16297/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16297","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"keroeltop@99.99.99 is a lure package whose index.js runs on every npm lifecycle phase (preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare) and issues an HTTP request to the hardcoded endpoint https://eo8f3m3ho26a0nm.m.pipedream.net/\u003cpackages\u003e?h=\u003chostname\u003e, transmitting the installer's os.hostname() to an attacker-controlled Pipedream webhook. The version number 99.99.99 is the canonical dependency-confusion resolution-winning shape used to override an internal package name. The package additionally declares a dependency on `requests@^0.3.0` (an npm name resembling `request`) and requires it at the top of index.js, causing whatever bytes resolve for that name to be fetched and loaded transitively at install time. No legitimate functionality is present.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'keroeltop' @ 99.99.99 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 keroeltop (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16297","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":"keroeltop","purl":"pkg:npm/keroeltop","source":"MAL-2026-16297"}],"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-2026-16297/"}