MAL-2026-17296 Malicious code in test-agency-assignment-01 (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
test-agency-assignment-01
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-17296?

MAL-2026-17296 is a malicious package in test-agency-assignment-01, published on 29 Sep 2026.

Official description

The tarball contains only package.json and an 8.4 MB Go-compiled Windows executable, Kelimasow.exe (sha256 875c7641dc980538f3c3d8b344d173f97cf64a5d97dcf88d8e2932c83b876b92). package.json declares scripts.postinstall = "Kelimasow.exe", so npm install auto-executes this binary on any Windows host. The package has no library code (main points at a nonexistent index.js), no README, no source, no build system, and empty description/author/repository fields, so there is no advertised purpose that would justify shipping an opaque native executable and no way to inspect what the binary does before it runs. Auto-executing a bundled opaque native binary from a package lifecycle hook, with no accompanying source or declared purpose, is the canonical install-time-RCE dropper shape.

What should I do about MAL-2026-17296?

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

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