{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including terminal-formatter.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-2911 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-2026-2911 is a malicious package in terminal-formatter, published on 16 Apr 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-2911 is a malicious package: terminal-formatter (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-2026-2911/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2911/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-2911","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2911/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-2911","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"terminal-formatter is a malicious npm package that when installed (postinstall-hook) or imported sends local env variables, files and bash history to https://ghostraper[.]top and registers a new ssh key in .ssh/authorized_keys.\n\nThe package terminal-formatter 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 terminal-formatter (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-2911","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":"terminal-formatter","purl":"pkg:npm/terminal-formatter","source":"MAL-2026-2911"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-04-16","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-2026-2911/"}