{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @dransay/feature-flags.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17696 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-2026-17696 is a malicious package in @dransay/feature-flags, published on 8 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17696 is a malicious package: @dransay/feature-flags (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-2026-17696/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17696/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17696","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17696/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17696","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"@dransay/feature-flags@99.0.0 is a dependency-confusion probe claiming the internal `@dransay/*` namespace, not an identified public package. Its `preinstall` hook runs on npm install as `node beacon.js` and sends a DNS lookup and an HTTPS GET to `db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site`, using the package name in the request; npm account `0xamino_hunter` published it on 2026-10-08.\n\n@dransay/feature-flags@99.0.0 publishes a scoped name on the public npm registry at an inflated version (99.0.0) designed to win semver resolution against any private internal @dransay/* copy. package.json declares a preinstall hook `node beacon.js`; beacon.js unconditionally performs a DNS lookup and HTTPS GET to the hardcoded interactsh callback host db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site on every `npm install`, leaking the installer's public source IP, a timestamp, and confirmation that the scoped name resolved from the public registry to a third-party out-of-band interaction collector. The README self-describes the artifact as a probe of DrAnsay build infrastructure; author self-labeling as research does not change the install-time behavior for any environment whose npm resolves @dransay/* publicly.","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 @dransay/feature-flags (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17696","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":"@dransay/feature-flags","purl":"pkg:npm/%40dransay/feature-flags","source":"MAL-2026-17696"}],"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-2026-17696/"}