# MAL-2026-4268: Malicious code in asavie-ui (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `asavie-ui` (npm)
- **Published:** 23 May 2026

## What is MAL-2026-4268?

MAL-2026-4268 is a malicious package in asavie-ui, published on 23 May 2026. 

### Official description

callback.js collects host identity information (os.hostname(), os.userInfo()) and transmits it via https.get() to an external endpoint at install/load time. The combination of OS-level identity collection followed by outbound HTTPS in a callback script is consistent with installer reconnaissance/beaconing. The package name and structure (a 99.x.x version of a generic UI-named package) further suggests a non-legitimate publication. No corresponding legitimate functionality (no UI code, no documented purpose) accompanies the data-collection routine.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'asavie-ui' @ 99.0.2 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-4268?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-4268 is a malicious package: asavie-ui (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4268/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4268/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4268

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4268/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.