{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including truffle-js.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-3717 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-2026-3717 is a malicious package in truffle-js, published on 13 May 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-3717 is a malicious package: truffle-js (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-2026-3717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3717/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-3717","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3717/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-3717","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package.json lifecycle script invokes require('child_process').execSync with a curl command at install time. Running curl through child_process during an npm install lifecycle hook causes any installer to execute remote content fetched over the network, without consent, as soon as `npm install` runs. The package name also resembles the widely-used 'truffle' Ethereum development toolkit, consistent with a typosquat lure. There is no legitimate reason for a small utility package to shell out to curl from its package.json install hook.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'truffle-js' @ 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-js (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-3717","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-js","purl":"pkg:npm/truffle-js","source":"MAL-2026-3717"}],"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-2026-3717/"}