MAL-2026-17518 Malicious code in postcss-gap-fallback-util (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17518 is a malicious package: postcss-gap-fallback-util (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-2026-17518/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17518/index.md)
- 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.