{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including pino-zod.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6505 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-2026-6505 is a malicious package in pino-zod, published on 26 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6505 is a malicious package: pino-zod (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-2026-6505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6505/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6505","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6505/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6505","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j7hj-qc4f-x92f"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package advertises itself as a pino+zod logging helper but ships content that does not match that purpose: a `dist/discordRelayUpload.js` module containing POST/upload code paths and base64 buffer handling, a `dist/relayServer.js` module, a `dist/secretScan/` tree (agentStartupAudit.js, contentScanner.js) that performs fetches against huggingface.co, a `dist/hfCredentials.js` with base64 decoding, a `dist/deploymentDefaults.js` with multiple base64 buffers, and a `scripts/postinstall-agent.mjs` containing GET/ping/id patterns. The presence of a `postinstall-agent.mjs` under `scripts/` is concerning as a possible install-time agent, and the shipped relay/upload/secret-scan modules suggest behavior far outside the declared logging-library scope. However, without traced execution context confirming whether postinstall-agent.mjs is actually invoked by a lifecycle hook, where the base64 blobs decode to, and whether the Discord/HuggingFace endpoints carry installer data outward, the intent cannot be conclusively classified. Routing to human review for inspection of package.json lifecycle hooks, the contents of deploymentDefaults.js base64 payloads, and the data flow into the Discord upload and HuggingFace fetch paths.\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 pino-zod (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6505","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"pino-zod","purl":"pkg:npm/pino-zod","source":"MAL-2026-6505"}],"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-2026-6505/"}