# MAL-2026-17692: Malicious code in clickfix_npm_delivery (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `clickfix_npm_delivery` (npm)
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-37h8-m54m-784j

## What is MAL-2026-17692?

MAL-2026-17692 is a malicious package in clickfix_npm_delivery, published on 8 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

The package has no library surface. `package.json` declares `main: index.html` and the tarball ships only that HTML page, whose sole purpose is a ClickFix social-engineering lure. The page impersonates Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare branding, a spoofed `dash.cloudflare.com` header, a fake 'Verify you are human' checkbox, and a fake 'Ray ID / 403 Forbidden' bot-detection screen). When the victim clicks the fake checkbox, the page silently writes a PowerShell one-liner to the clipboard and instructs the victim to press Win+R, paste, and hit Enter. The clipboard payload uses `Start-BitsTransfer` to download a script from `http://ec2-65-2-4-62.ap-south-1.compute.amazonaws.com:443/script` over plain HTTP into `$env:temp\sys.ps1` and executes it via `iex (gc $t -Raw)`, giving the operator of that EC2 host arbitrary code execution on the victim's Windows machine. The package name (`clickfix_npm_delivery`) and description ('Delivery POC Package') identify npm itself as the distribution channel for the lure.

Any 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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17692?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-17692 is a malicious package: clickfix_npm_delivery (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-2026-17692/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17692/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17692

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17692/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.