MAL-2026-17214 Malicious code in git-en-boite-logging (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17214 is a malicious package: git-en-boite-logging (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-2026-17214/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17214/index.md)
- Package
- git-en-boite-logging
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17214?
MAL-2026-17214 is a malicious package in git-en-boite-logging, published on 28 Sep 2026.
Official description
package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs
wget to a hardcoded webhook.site collector URL (https://webhook.site/3fcfa5af-1b4e-4556-9d48-26190d02795f/), passing $(whoami), $(hostname), and $(pwd) as query parameters. On npm install, npm invokes the preinstall script automatically, so the installer's OS username, host name, and current working directory are transmitted to an anonymous third-party webhook collector without any user action. This is the canonical dependency-confusion / reconnaissance beacon shape: an otherwise-empty package whose only on-install effect is to phone home installer identity to an attacker-chosen endpoint, typically used to confirm ingress into a target's internal build environment before staging a follow-on payload.What should I do about MAL-2026-17214?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.