{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including ecto-corsair-flag-x9m4.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5686 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-2026-5686 is a malicious package in ecto-corsair-flag-x9m4, published on 12 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5686 is a malicious package: ecto-corsair-flag-x9m4 (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-2026-5686/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5686/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5686","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5686/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5686","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f7w9-m44f-pvf9"],"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`, postinstall.js executes attacker logic gated by hostname and working-directory checks designed to fire only inside CTF-style container environments (12-hex hostname, cwd under `/app/`, internal registry hosts like nexus.local/verdaccio) while suppressing execution in obvious analysis sandboxes (cwd containing `/tmp/npm-safe` or `/tmp/pkg`, hostname containing `nijin`/`hetzner`). When the gate matches, the script reads `/app/flag.txt` and other source files, spawns `/bin/sh -c` to recursively grep the filesystem for `HTB{...}` flag patterns, then POSTs `{host, uid, cwd, data}` to `https://webhook.site/602a4c72-7033-4e28-92ea-dc66e59206e5` and PUTs the same data to `http://154.57.164.82:31250`. The hostname/cwd gating, the targeted flag-file path, and the dual exfiltration destinations together establish unambiguous malicious intent. Any installer matching the gate has CTF flag contents and host identifiers shipped to attacker infrastructure on install.\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.","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 ecto-corsair-flag-x9m4 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5686","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ecto-corsair-flag-x9m4","purl":"pkg:npm/ecto-corsair-flag-x9m4","source":"MAL-2026-5686"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-12","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-2026-5686/"}