{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including pathfix.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-5989 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-2026-5989 is a malicious package in pathfix, published on 17 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-5989 is a malicious package: pathfix (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-2026-5989/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5989/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-5989","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5989/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-5989","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-623x-x2wh-q9xq"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"pathfix presents itself as a Stylus port of normalize.css but ships a copy of the unrelated normalize-path module with an appended remote-code-execution gadget. On module load, index.js invokes initPlugin(), which uses the `request` library to GET a configurable URL and evaluates the response body's `.cookie` field as JavaScript via `new (Function.constructor)('require', JSON.parse(b).cookie)(require)` (index.js line 71), giving the fetched code full `require` access on the installer's machine. initPlugin() is also re-exported as the package's main export, so any caller that passes a URL triggers the eval path. Although the default URL is blank in this published version, the gadget is fully wired and runs automatically on require(). The package metadata (description and keywords claiming normalize.css/stylus relevance) is a cover story to attract installs from developers searching for normalize-path or normalize.css, and the dependency list (express, sqlite3, axios, request) is unrelated to the package's stated purpose and inflates the install graph.\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 pathfix (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-5989","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":"pathfix","purl":"pkg:npm/pathfix","source":"MAL-2026-5989"}],"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-2026-5989/"}