{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including aikaf788812.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6217 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-2026-6217 is a malicious package in aikaf788812, published on 19 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6217 is a malicious package: aikaf788812 (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-2026-6217/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6217/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6217","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6217/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6217","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 masquerades as a string-utility library but ships a postinstall backdoor. On `npm install`, scripts/postinstall.js spawns scripts/shell.js as a detached background process (stdio:'ignore', windowsHide:true) that survives the install lifecycle. shell.js attempts multiple reverse-shell methods — a Node net socket piping /bin/sh or powershell, bash /dev/tcp, and a Python socket+subprocess payload — connecting to 114.67.90.67 on ports 3334, 4444, 443, 80, 8080, and 53. It additionally issues an HTTP GET to http://114.67.90.67:8333/ping carrying the installer's hostname, username, cwd, and OS platform/release as query parameters, fingerprinting the victim and confirming compromise. A setInterval keep-alive plus an infinite Python reconnect loop maintain persistent C2 access on the installer's machine.","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 aikaf788812 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6217","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":"aikaf788812","purl":"pkg:npm/aikaf788812","source":"MAL-2026-6217"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-19","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-2026-6217/"}