# MAL-2026-6374: Malicious code in evil-pkg (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `evil-pkg` (npm)
- **Published:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p67r-jq7p-6g7v

## What is MAL-2026-6374?

MAL-2026-6374 is a malicious package in evil-pkg, published on 24 Jun 2026. 

### Official description

Package declares `"bin": {"node": "./shim.js"}` in package.json, which registers `shim.js` as the `node` command in `node_modules/.bin`. In any environment where `node_modules/.bin` is prepended to PATH (notably Bun, but also any shell or tool that resolves binaries through the local bin directory), subsequent invocations of `node` — including those made by other packages' lifecycle scripts during the same install — will execute `shim.js` instead of the real Node.js runtime. When triggered, `shim.js` writes `/tmp/.bun-npm-pwned` and prints a hijack banner to stderr. The current payload is a benign marker, but the mechanism is a fully functional unconsented code-execution channel on the installer's machine: any code placed in `shim.js` would run with the installer's privileges whenever a sibling package invokes `node` during install. The package's own README markets this behavior as a PATH-poisoning attack proof-of-concept (`BunnyHijack`) and explicitly notes that a real attacker would use the same vector to exfiltrate `.env`, `~/.ssh`, and `~/.npmrc`. Hijacking a core runtime command name is not a legitimate use of the `bin` field and constitutes a deliberate supply-chain attack mechanism shipped to the registry.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-6374?

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-2026-6374 is a malicious package: evil-pkg (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-2026-6374/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6374/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6374

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6374/
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