# MAL-2026-17716: Malicious code in @brick-v2/form (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@brick-v2/form` (npm)
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17716?

MAL-2026-17716 is a malicious package in @brick-v2/form, published on 9 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

@brick-v2/form is a dependency confusion package published to npm on 2026-10-09 by the account s4yhii__, targeting the internal @galicia-toolkit-* / @brick-v2 package namespaces with inflated versions (e.g. 999.0.x). Early versions resolve <hostname>.<tag>.dc.oob.s4yhii.com via DNS to beacon the victim's hostname. Later versions run `node index.js` from a preinstall hook, which loads a bundled native addon (prebuilds/<platform>-<arch>/metrics.node, Linux and Windows builds). The addon forks a detached process that collects hostname, username, OS/arch, cwd and the full values of CI/cloud secrets from environment variables (NPM_TOKEN, NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN, ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN, AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_PAT and others) and sends them as JSON via HTTP POST /native to oob.s4yhii.com:9999.

The package ships a tiny JavaScript stub at index.js that silently require()s a compiled native addon at prebuilds/linux-x64/metrics.node inside a try/catch that suppresses errors. On load, the addon reads a hardcoded list of credential-bearing environment variables (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS session token, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN, ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN, SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN) along with hostname, user, cwd, and OS/arch, and sends them as a JSON body via a raw TCP socket (gethostbyname/socket/connect/send) in a 'POST /native HTTP/1.0' request to the hardcoded external host oob.s4yhii.com. The addon also imports fork and setsid, consistent with detaching into a background process so the exfiltration channel survives beyond the host Node process. The compiled ELF is the entire payload; the JS wrapper exposes no form-related functionality matching the stated 'form module' description. The package manifest (scoped name @brick-v2/form, inflated version 999.0.1, UNLICENSED, minimal metadata) matches the dependency-confusion shape used to outrank an internal private-registry package of the same scope.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17716?

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-2026-17716 is a malicious package: @brick-v2/form (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-2026-17716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17716/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17716

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