# MAL-2026-17929: Malicious code in @fmr-ap149494/apex-base-component (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@fmr-ap149494/apex-base-component` (npm)
- **Published:** 19 Oct 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17929?

MAL-2026-17929 is a malicious package in @fmr-ap149494/apex-base-component, published on 19 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

The package ships only an empty stub (index.js exports {}) and a manifest whose sole dependency, `ltidisafe`, is declared as a bare HTTPS tarball URL (https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.8.9.tgz) rather than a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL serves — unpinned, with no integrity hash, from a bucket outside the npm registry — and runs any lifecycle scripts contained in that tarball on the installer's machine. The scope `@fmr-ap149494`, the implausibly high version `99.9.1`, and the `depenconf` path segment together match the dependency-confusion shape used to win resolution against an internal package name of the same identifier.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@fmr-ap149494/apex-base-component' @ 99.9.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17929?

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-2026-17929 is a malicious package: @fmr-ap149494/apex-base-component (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-2026-17929/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17929/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17929

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17929/
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