{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including node-telegram-sockets.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-17845 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-2026-17845 is a malicious package in node-telegram-sockets, published on 12 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-17845 is a malicious package: node-telegram-sockets (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-2026-17845/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17845/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-17845","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17845/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-17845","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c773-2559-g4g3"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package presents as a Telegram bot API client library (node-telegram-bot-api family). a static rule fired on keyword co-occurrence in lib/telegram.js and src/telegram.js (the literal token 'ping' on multiple lines, consistent with Telegram bot 'ping'-related API methods or test fixtures, not a child_process invocation of the ping command) and on lib/telegramWebHook.js / src/telegramWebHook.js for the combination of require('fs') + require('http') + require('https') + fs.readFileSync — the canonical shape of a webhook HTTPS server reading a TLS cert/key from disk (the readFileSync pair at adjacent lines is the standard cert+key load before https.createServer). No hardcoded attacker C2, no env-var scraping, no read of installer-secret paths (~/.aws, ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc, browser profiles), no lifecycle scripts performing remote fetch+execute, no shell-history or messaging-session theft, and no install-time destructive action are evidenced. The static signals are pattern-matches on benign primitives (HTTPS webhook server, Telegram bot client methods); contextual code tracing did not run, so intent cannot be confirmed from the structured findings alone. Routing to human review per the default for empty the analysis + non-fingerprint static hits.\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 node-telegram-sockets (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-17845","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":"node-telegram-sockets","purl":"pkg:npm/node-telegram-sockets","source":"MAL-2026-17845"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-12","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-2026-17845/"}