# MAL-2026-18315: Malicious code in dsh-native (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `dsh-native` (npm)
- **Published:** 26 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x94m-hxm5-m298

## What is MAL-2026-18315?

MAL-2026-18315 is a malicious package in dsh-native, published on 26 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

The package's index.js contains occurrences of the token 'ping' across several lines (19, 526, 656, 690, 980), which triggered a pattern rule for network/command co-occurrence. No concrete installer-harm behavior is identifiable from this signal alone: there is no named attacker-controlled destination, no read of installer secrets (home-directory credential paths, environment scraping), no install-time or import-time fetch-and-execute, no lifecycle script coupling, and no silent-relay of caller-supplied data. The matched token is consistent with ordinary network diagnostics, latency measurement, or string references rather than a specific exfiltration or C2 path.

Any 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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-18315?

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-2026-18315 is a malicious package: dsh-native (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-2026-18315/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18315/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18315

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18315/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.