MAL-2026-5455 Malicious code in uipath-sugar-sell (npm)

Package [email protected] exhibits the canonical dependency-confusion shape: an internal-sounding name targeting a UiPath/SugarSell namespace, a 99.9.1 version overshoot designed to win semver resolution against any private registry, an empty index.js (module.exports = {}) so the package provides no actual functionality, and a single dependency ltidisafe declared as a direct URL https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-2.7.8.tgz. The path segment depenconf is explicit naming of the dependency-confusion technique. Installing this package causes npm to fetch and install the off-registry tarball from the Google Cloud Storage bucket, bypassing the public registry's audit surface; any lifecycle scripts in that tarball execute on the installer's machine at npm install time, and the tarball contents are mutable by whoever controls the bucket.

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.