{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including truffle-helper.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3716 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-2026-3716 is a malicious package in truffle-helper, published on 13 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3716 is a malicious package: truffle-helper (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-2026-3716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3716/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3716","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3716/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3716","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"package.json line 7 invokes require('child_process') and execSync('curl...') from an npm lifecycle script. This causes the installer's machine to fetch and execute remote content at install time, without user consent and without any visible integrity check. The package's declared purpose (a Truffle helper) has no legitimate need to pipe curl output through a shell during install. Any installer running `npm install truffle-helper` runs attacker-controlled commands on their host.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'truffle-helper' @ 2.0.0 (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 truffle-helper (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-3716","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":"truffle-helper","purl":"pkg:npm/truffle-helper","source":"MAL-2026-3716"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-05-13","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-2026-3716/"}