{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including tombac-chronos.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-2418 in the wild and no public exploit code.","exposure":"","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-2418 is a malicious package in tombac-chronos, published on 24 Mar 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-2418 is a malicious package: tombac-chronos (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-2026-2418/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2418/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-2418","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2418/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-2418","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Suspicious install script executing `index.js` and an untrustworthy author email domain `sl4x0.xyz` strongly suggest this package is malware.\n\nThe package tombac-chronos was found to contain malicious code.","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 tombac-chronos (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-2418","indexable":false,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"nickname":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"tombac-chronos","purl":"pkg:npm/tombac-chronos","source":"MAL-2026-2418"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-03-24","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-2026-2418/"}