# MAL-2026-6184: Malicious code in @qlab/component-intelligence (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@qlab/component-intelligence` (npm)
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2026

## What is MAL-2026-6184?

MAL-2026-6184 is a malicious package in @qlab/component-intelligence, published on 19 Jun 2026. 

### Official description

package.json declares a preinstall hook (`"preinstall": "node index.js"`) that fires automatically on `npm install`. index.js requires os, dns, https, querystring, and the package's own package.json, then collects the installer's hostname (`os.hostname()`), username (`os.userInfo().username`), home directory (`os.homedir()`), configured DNS servers (`dns.getServers()`), current working directory, and the full contents of package.json, and POSTs them via HTTPS to the hardcoded webhook `https://eo1e4fhn1i67p8r.m.pipedream.net/`. This is the canonical dependency-confusion / recon-beacon shape: host identifiers and internal package metadata leave the machine unconditionally at install time to an attacker-controlled endpoint, giving the attacker reconnaissance data on internal package names, corporate hostnames, and user identities to fuel follow-on supply-chain attacks.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-6184?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-6184 is a malicious package: @qlab/component-intelligence (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6184

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6184/
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