{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including zomato-config.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6251 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-2026-6251 is a malicious package in zomato-config, published on 21 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6251 is a malicious package: zomato-config (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-2026-6251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6251/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6251","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6251/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6251","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Dependency-confusion package targeting an internal Zomato namespace. The package ships only a stub index.js (`module.exports = { name: 'zomato-config', version: '1.0.0' }`) with no real functionality. Its package.json `preinstall` lifecycle hook runs `curl` to POST `hostname`, `whoami`, `pwd`, and the full process environment (base64-encoded via `env | base64 -w0`) to `http://d8s0b82plbq3u5sb2vo0sb3a9obr4yjt7.oast.site/install/...`. This fires automatically on `npm install` and leaks any environment-variable secrets present at install time (CI tokens, cloud credentials, npm/GitHub tokens) to an attacker-controlled out-of-band interaction host. The shape (empty payload + recon beacon to oast.site + internal-sounding name) matches a dependency-confusion reconnaissance / exfiltration package.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'zomato-config' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.","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 zomato-config (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6251","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":"zomato-config","purl":"pkg:npm/zomato-config","source":"MAL-2026-6251"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-21","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-2026-6251/"}