# MAL-2026-6251: Malicious code in zomato-config (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `zomato-config` (npm)
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2026

## What is MAL-2026-6251?

MAL-2026-6251 is a malicious package in zomato-config, published on 21 Jun 2026. 

### Official 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.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'zomato-config' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-6251?

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-2026-6251 is a malicious package: zomato-config (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-2026-6251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6251/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6251

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6251/
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