{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including metrics-probe-64b2.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5981 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-2026-5981 is a malicious package in metrics-probe-64b2, published on 17 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5981 is a malicious package: metrics-probe-64b2 (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-2026-5981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5981/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5981","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5981/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5981","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7jwq-33cp-frr8"],"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 postinstall hook (\"postinstall\": \"node run.js\") that executes run.js automatically on every npm install. run.js imports os, fs, http, https, and child_process, reads host identifiers including os.hostname() and os.platform(), reads files from disk via fs.readFileSync, and issues outbound HTTP POST requests carrying that data. The package's stated name (\"metrics-probe\") with a random hex suffix, combined with an install-time host-fingerprinting beacon and no library functionality, matches the shape of an installer-side reconnaissance / data-exfiltration payload that fires automatically on `npm install` without any user action.\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 metrics-probe-64b2 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5981","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":"metrics-probe-64b2","purl":"pkg:npm/metrics-probe-64b2","source":"MAL-2026-5981"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-17","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-2026-5981/"}