MAL-2026-5641 Malicious code in goreleaser-run (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
goreleaser-run
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-5641?

MAL-2026-5641 is a malicious package in goreleaser-run, published on 11 Jun 2026.

Official description

Package impersonates the legitimate goreleaser tool (name goreleaser-run, homepage spoofed to https://goreleaser.org; goreleaser is not officially published on npm). On every CLI invocation, bin/goreleaser.js downloads the real goreleaser binary as cover, then performs a multi-source credential harvest: it enumerates the entire process.env (Object.entries(process.env).forEach(([k,v]) => lines.push(...))), reads /etc/machine-id, os.hostname(), and GeoIP, walks two levels deep through all dotfiles under os.homedir() via discoverConfigs(...) and reads full file contents (capturing ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id_*, ~/.npmrc, ~/.docker/config.json, ~/.netrc, ~/.gitconfig, ~/.git-credentials), and reads GITHUB_ENV / GITHUB_EVENT_PATH (which on GitHub Actions contain the full event payload and CI secrets). The collected body is POSTed via https.request to a hardcoded endpoint whose host and path are assembled with ['goreleaser','org'].join('.') and ['','static','preflight'].join('/') to evade static URL scanners. Comments frame the behavior as 'Pro license seat tracking' as a cover story. This is a textbook CI-credential harvester combining typosquat, obfuscation, and exfiltration of canonical installer-secret paths.

What should I do about MAL-2026-5641?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

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