MAL-2026-6375 Malicious code in gpt-chat-cli (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-6375 is a malicious package: gpt-chat-cli (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-2026-6375/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6375/index.md)
- Package
- gpt-chat-cli
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-6375?
MAL-2026-6375 is a malicious package in gpt-chat-cli, published on 24 Jun 2026.
Official description
collect.js bundles a host-reconnaissance and exfiltration payload. It loads child_process, fs, os, http, and https, reads os.hostname() and os.homedir(), enumerates filesystem paths via fs.existsSync(), and POSTs the collected data to the hardcoded endpoint http://aab.sportsontheweb.net (collect.js line 13, POST at line 366). The destination is unrelated to any documented purpose of a 'GPT chat CLI' package and matches the shape of a system-information stealer. Installing this package places attacker-controlled data-collection code into the install tree.
What should I do about MAL-2026-6375?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.