{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including awaitly-mongo.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5237 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-2026-5237 is a malicious package in awaitly-mongo, published on 5 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5237 is a malicious package: awaitly-mongo (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-2026-5237/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5237/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5237","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5237/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5237","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4vpc-g7mx-4m5v"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"No concrete installer-harm signals were identified in this package version. The package name suggests a MongoDB-related async helper, but no specific behavior could be confirmed from the available artifacts. Without traced evidence of exfiltration, install-time remote execution, credential access, or other supply-chain attack patterns, a public block verdict is not warranted. Routing to human review so a maintainer can confirm the package's contents and intent before any disposition is published.\n\nAny 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.\n\nThe Miasma malware is a self-propagating worm that spreads across the npm registry by abusing weaponized `binding.gyp` files to achieve execution during package installation, bypassing security tools that only inspect package lifecycle scripts. Upon execution, the malware attempts to exfiltrate credentials and OIDC tokens for various cloud and registry services, and propagates by compromising other packages managed by the stolen accounts or committing backdoor files to GitHub repositories.","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 awaitly-mongo (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5237","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":"awaitly-mongo","purl":"pkg:npm/awaitly-mongo","source":"MAL-2026-5237"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-05","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-2026-5237/"}