MAL-2026-18285 Malicious code in @postex/common (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
@postex/common
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-18285?

MAL-2026-18285 is a malicious package in @postex/common, published on 25 Oct 2026.

Official description

@postex/[email protected] ships an inert index.js (module.exports = {}) and declares a single dependency ltidisafe whose value is a bare HTTPS tarball URL (https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.9.5.tgz) rather than a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL returns, installs the resulting package, and executes any lifecycle scripts it contains, with no registry-mediated integrity, signature, or version pinning. The host (a user-controlled Google Cloud Storage bucket) is unrelated to any npm scope or published repository for this package, and the content served there can change at any time without any change to this manifest. The implausibly high version (99.9.1) combined with a hollow stub and an off-registry source is consistent with a dependency-confusion / smuggling lure whose only install-time effect is resolving to attacker-controlled code.

What should I do about MAL-2026-18285?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

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