{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including upstart-loan-status.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-2612 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-2026-2612 is a malicious package in upstart-loan-status, published on 12 Apr 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-2612 is a malicious package: upstart-loan-status (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-2026-2612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2612/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-2612","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2612/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-2612","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-97h2-g27p-2m54"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Malicious package with postinstall script exfiltrating sensitive system data to a remote server. Multiple YARA rules and LLM analysis confirm.\n\nThe package upstart-loan-status was found to contain malicious code.\n\nAny 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.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'upstart-loan-status' @ 99.99.1 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\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 upstart-loan-status (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-2612","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"upstart-loan-status","purl":"pkg:npm/upstart-loan-status","source":"MAL-2026-2612"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-04-12","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-2026-2612/"}