MAL-2026-17518 Malicious code in postcss-gap-fallback-util (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
postcss-gap-fallback-util
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-17518?

MAL-2026-17518 is a malicious package in postcss-gap-fallback-util, published on 4 Oct 2026.

Official description

The package is published as a PostCSS gap fallback utility but ships thunderboltRegistry.js, which executes an IIFE on module load. The IIFE runs whoami, id, and hostname via child_process.execSync, curls the AWS instance metadata service at http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ for IAM role, instance-id, availability zone, and local IPv4, and sends the results to https://webhook.site/0492a36c-4d7b-408a-865c-226db25987ba along with DNS beacons to a host under oast.live. A registry-manifest.min.json maps multiple Wix-internal registry names (thunderboltRegistry, siteAssetsRegistry, documentManagementRegistry, editorRegistry, corvidRegistry, dataBindingRegistry, thunderboltBuilderRegistry, thunderboltPreviewRegistry) to the same exfiltration file, and the module exports a Proxy returning no-op registry methods as a façade. The naming, manifest, and façade indicate a dependency-confusion payload targeting Wix build infrastructure; on any installer that requires one of the impersonated module names, shell identity, hostname, and (on EC2) AWS IAM role credentials/metadata are leaked to an attacker-controlled webhook and DNS collector.

What should I do about MAL-2026-17518?

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

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