MAL-2026-17651 Malicious code in @praveenvjpm/color-utils-7210 (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-17651 is a malicious package: @praveenvjpm/color-utils-7210 (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-2026-17651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17651/index.md)
- Package
- @praveenvjpm/color-utils-7210
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-17651?
MAL-2026-17651 is a malicious package in @praveenvjpm/color-utils-7210, published on 8 Oct 2026.
Official description
On npm install, the package's preinstall hook executes install.js, which collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), process.cwd(), username) and reads flag files from /flag, /flag.txt, /app/flag, /home/node/flag, and /tmp/flag, then PUTs the collected data to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://154.57.164.66:39270/api/modules/* over plain HTTP. install.js is additionally wrapped as a PowerShell here-string (opening with @" and closing with "@ | Out-File -Encoding ascii install.js), structured as a polyglot that can rewrite itself on Windows before Node executes the exfiltration payload. The behavior fires automatically on default install and has no relationship to the package's stated color-utility purpose.
What should I do about MAL-2026-17651?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.