{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5757 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-2026-5757 is a malicious package in npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a, published on 14 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5757 is a malicious package: npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a (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-2026-5757/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5757/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5757","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5757/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5757","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w249-c3rp-ffwq"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package declares a postinstall hook (`\"postinstall\": \"node run.js\"` in package.json) that executes on every install. Bundled scripts beacon6.js and beacon_linux.js use `require('child_process')` to gather host identity (`whoami`, `os.hostname()`, `os.platform()`) and POST the collected data to a remote HTTP endpoint via `http.request(...)`. The package name `npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a` and the beacon-style file naming together with no legitimate library functionality indicate the install-time goal is host fingerprinting / callback to an attacker-controlled destination, not any documented purpose. Installing this package automatically transmits installer machine identity off-host.\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 npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5757","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":"npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a","purl":"pkg:npm/npm-sandbox-ping-c8f2a","source":"MAL-2026-5757"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-14","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-2026-5757/"}