# MAL-2026-17290: Malicious code in @rutxploit-sec/waves-button-poc (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@rutxploit-sec/waves-button-poc` (npm)
- **Published:** 29 Sep 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17290?

MAL-2026-17290 is a malicious package in @rutxploit-sec/waves-button-poc, published on 29 Sep 2026. 

### Official description

@rutxploit-sec/waves-button-poc@1.0.0 auto-executes host-identifier exfiltration on both `npm install` and `require`. package.json declares a preinstall script that runs `node -e` code which reads `os.hostname()` and `os.userInfo().username` and issues a plaintext HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://80.225.217.8/poc/dep-confusion-proof.html, passing the package name, host, and user as query parameters. The declared main entry index.js repeats the same behavior at module top level, so any consumer that requires the package also beacons the same identifiers to the same IP. The scoped name and PoC framing are consistent with a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept, but the shipped code performs unauthenticated identifier collection from every installer regardless of intent, and the destination is an attacker-chosen bare IP over cleartext HTTP.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17290?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-17290 is a malicious package: @rutxploit-sec/waves-button-poc (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-2026-17290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17290

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