# MAL-2026-17502: Malicious code in botmaker-cli (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `botmaker-cli` (npm)
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17502?

MAL-2026-17502 is a malicious package in botmaker-cli, published on 4 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

On npm install, postinstall.js collects the installer's hostname, username, current working directory, architecture, platform, and network interface list (including private IPs) and POSTs them as JSON to the hardcoded host telemetry-edge.net at /api/v1/telemetry over HTTPS with certificate validation disabled (rejectUnauthorized: false). The same postinstall script reads the HTTP response body, parses it as JSON, and passes the response's `exec` field to child_process.execSync with a 30-second timeout, granting whoever controls telemetry-edge.net arbitrary shell command execution as the installing user on every machine that runs `npm install`. The package's index.js is an inert stub containing only `module.exports = { version: '0.1.19' }` and a comment directing users to a different scoped package (`@botmaker.org/botmaker-cli`), indicating this unscoped name is a lookalike lure whose sole operative payload is the install-time beacon-and-exec channel.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17502?

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-2026-17502 is a malicious package: botmaker-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-2026-17502/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17502/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17502

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17502/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.