{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @nstrlabs/ixel.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5420 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-2026-5420 is a malicious package in @nstrlabs/ixel, published on 9 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5420 is a malicious package: @nstrlabs/ixel (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-2026-5420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5420/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5420","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5420/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5420","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On `npm install`, the package runs `node index.js` via a `preinstall` lifecycle hook (declared as `\"preinstall\": \"node index.js || true\"` so failures are silenced). index.js collects `os.hostname()`, `os.userInfo().username`, `__dirname`, and `process.cwd()` and exfiltrates them two ways: (1) a hex-encoded subdomain DNS query against `*.d8jbmnsqcfu78dfs8vdg34ohqhirb4pbg.oast.live` (interactsh-style out-of-band beacon), and (2) an HTTP POST of a JSON blob to the hardcoded bare IP `http://172.201.213.59:9090/c`. Errors are swallowed via `|| true`, try/catch, and a no-op HTTP error handler so the install appears to succeed. The package is published under the `@nstrlabs` scope at version 99.0.0 with description 'security research' — the canonical dependency-confusion recon shape, where a high version is published to a public registry to override an internal-scope package and beacon any host that resolves it. The package has no legitimate functionality; its only effect on install is the host-metadata beacon.","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 @nstrlabs/ixel (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5420","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":"@nstrlabs/ixel","purl":"pkg:npm/%40nstrlabs%2Fixel","source":"MAL-2026-5420"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-09","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-2026-5420/"}