# MAL-2026-4504: Malicious code in cami-design (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `cami-design` (npm)
- **Published:** 24 May 2026

## What is MAL-2026-4504?

MAL-2026-4504 is a malicious package in cami-design, published on 24 May 2026. 

### Official description

On install, scripts/install.js invokes autoUpdate.install(), which writes a launchd agent to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/co.themobilefirst.cami-design.update.plist (scripts/auto-update.js) that runs `npm install -g cami-design@latest --silent` every 24 hours and is loaded immediately via `launchctl load`. The persisted agent fetches whatever version of the package is published as @latest at any future moment, with global install scope and no integrity verification. This establishes a long-lived remote code execution channel: any subsequent malicious publish (including via a compromised npm account) will be silently auto-installed system-wide on every machine that ever installed this version. The persistence is opt-out-only (an environment variable disables it) with no prompt at install time. A separate postinstall behavior symlinks bundled directories into ~/.claude/skills/ with.bak backups; this is the advertised function and not the basis for the block, but it also mutates a user-owned config directory silently.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-4504?

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-2026-4504 is a malicious package: cami-design (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-2026-4504/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4504/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4504

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-4504/
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