{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including eslint-config-compact-utils.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16417 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-2026-16417 is a malicious package in eslint-config-compact-utils, published on 22 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16417 is a malicious package: eslint-config-compact-utils (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-2026-16417/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16417/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16417","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16417/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16417","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On require, index.js collects host reconnaissance data (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, os.platform(), architecture, Node version, current working directory) together with CI/repository environment variables (CI, RUNNER_NAME, GITHUB_REPOSITORY) and sends them as query parameters via https.get to the hardcoded endpoint https://cbrsuo9293.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/c. The exfiltration fires as a side effect of importing the module and is unrelated to the package's advertised ESLint configuration purpose. The shape (import-time beacon carrying host identity plus CI/repo identifiers to a non-first-party AWS API Gateway) is consistent with dependency-confusion / typosquat reconnaissance.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'eslint-config-compact-utils' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 eslint-config-compact-utils (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16417","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":"eslint-config-compact-utils","purl":"pkg:npm/eslint-config-compact-utils","source":"MAL-2026-16417"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-22","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-2026-16417/"}