{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including atlasora-client.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6238 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-2026-6238 is a malicious package in atlasora-client, published on 20 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6238 is a malicious package: atlasora-client (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-2026-6238/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6238/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6238","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6238/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6238","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 \"postinstall\": \"node install.js\", which runs automatically on npm install. install.js requires https, fs, os, and child_process; collects host identifiers via os.hostname() and os.userInfo(); invokes execSync() to gather additional system data; checks for sensitive files via fs.existsSync(); and POSTs the collected data over an https.request() to a hardcoded remote endpoint. This is the canonical install-time system-information exfiltration shape: any developer or CI machine that runs `npm install atlasora-client` will silently leak host identity, user account info, and reconnaissance data about local filesystem contents to an attacker-controlled destination.","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 atlasora-client (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6238","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":"atlasora-client","purl":"pkg:npm/atlasora-client","source":"MAL-2026-6238"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-20","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-2026-6238/"}