{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @hrmony/kit-1.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17264 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-2026-17264 is a malicious package in @hrmony/kit-1, published on 29 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17264 is a malicious package: @hrmony/kit-1 (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-2026-17264/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17264/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17264","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17264/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17264","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package executes credential-harvesting code both from its postinstall script (scripts/check-setup.mjs) and from its main entry (index.js), so theft fires on npm install and again on require/import even when lifecycle scripts are skipped. Both code paths query the EC2 Instance Metadata Service at 169.254.169.254 (IMDSv2 token flow) to retrieve instance identity, IAM role names, and the role's temporary security credentials; enumerate all of process.env; and recursively read /var/run/secrets/ (Kubernetes service-account tokens and mounted secrets). The collected data is POSTed to https://hrmnmn.dd.h4x.tv/save_instance_info_hook and https://hrmnmn.dd.h4x.tv/save_instance_info_index. An additional unconditional beacon POST ({\"c53\":\"hello\"}) to the same host provides install/import telemetry. The h4x.tv destination has no relation to any declared publisher or purpose.","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 @hrmony/kit-1 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17264","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":"@hrmony/kit-1","purl":"pkg:npm/%40hrmony/kit-1","source":"MAL-2026-17264"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-29","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-2026-17264/"}