MAL-2026-18063 Malicious code in fanarena-common (npm)
- Package
- fanarena-common
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-18063?
MAL-2026-18063 is a malicious package in fanarena-common, published on 20 Oct 2026.
Official description
package.json declares a dependency ltidisafe sourced directly from the bare HTTPS URL https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.9.8.tgz rather than from the npm registry. On npm install, npm fetches and installs whatever bytes that URL returns, with no registry-side integrity check, no version resolution, and no publisher binding — and executes any lifecycle scripts contained in the fetched tarball. The host is unrelated to any declared repository or homepage for this package, and the implausibly high package version (99.9.1) is consistent with a dependency-confusion / forced-resolution shape against an internal package of the same fanarena-* family. The manifest alone is the attack surface: regardless of the current contents of the remote tarball, the publisher of that URL can change the bytes installers execute at any time.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'fanarena-common' @ 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-2026-18063?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.