# MAL-2026-4425: Malicious code in @riskine-frontend/design-elements (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@riskine-frontend/design-elements` (npm)
- **Published:** 20 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4576-fp54-qqfc

## What is MAL-2026-4425?

MAL-2026-4425 is a malicious package in @riskine-frontend/design-elements, published on 20 May 2026. 

### Official description

@riskine-frontend/design-elements@99.9.1 is a near-empty package whose only effect on install is to pull an external dependency. index.js contains just `module.exports = {}`, package.json has placeholder metadata (empty description, empty author, no repository), and the version is inflated to 99.9.1 — the canonical shape of a dependency-confusion squat designed to win npm version resolution against an internal package of the same scoped name. Its single dependency `ltidisafe` is resolved not from the npm registry but from an arbitrary tarball URL `https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-2.4.2.tgz` — note the literal `depenconf/` (dependency confusion) folder name. Installing this package causes npm to fetch and install that external GCS-hosted tarball, executing any lifecycle scripts it declares on the installer's machine. The combination of inflated version + empty wrapper + external non-registry tarball + `depenconf` path is unambiguous attacker tradecraft against Riskine's internal build systems.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-4425?

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-2026-4425 is a malicious package: @riskine-frontend/design-elements (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-2026-4425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4425/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4425

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4425/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.