{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including hexo-shoka-swiper.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6492 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-2026-6492 is a malicious package in hexo-shoka-swiper, published on 26 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6492 is a malicious package: hexo-shoka-swiper (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-2026-6492/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6492/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6492","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6492/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6492","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vwrj-pprq-gjvq"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package ships a binding.gyp whose sources field uses GYP command-expansion syntax (\u003c!(...)) at line 6. npm implicitly runs node-gyp rebuild whenever a binding.gyp is present (even with no declared install/postinstall script), and GYP evaluates \u003c!(...) as a shell invocation during the configure step. This means simply running `npm install hexo-shoka-swiper` causes the embedded shell command to execute on the installer's machine. The package's nominal purpose is a Hexo theme Swiper integration — a pure JavaScript front-end concern with no legitimate need to build a native addon or to evaluate shell at install. The binding.gyp here functions as a lifecycle-hook substitute for arbitrary install-time code execution rather than as a real native-build description.\n\nAny 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.","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 hexo-shoka-swiper (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6492","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":"hexo-shoka-swiper","purl":"pkg:npm/hexo-shoka-swiper","source":"MAL-2026-6492"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-06-26","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-2026-6492/"}