{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including db-query-log.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6539 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-2026-6539 is a malicious package in db-query-log, published on 26 Jun 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6539 is a malicious package: db-query-log (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-2026-6539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6539/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6539","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6539/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6539","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5p8x-c32p-h2jc"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package presents itself as a database query helper but index.js defines a method queryDBConnect() that base64-decodes a hardcoded URL pointing to https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/ZIAIK (an anonymous, attacker-mutable JSON paste host), fetches the.data.content field via axios, and compiles and executes the response as a Node module via new Module()._compile(...). The destination URL is stored as a base64 literal named HASH_KEY and decoded with atob() at runtime, hiding it from static inspection, and errors in the fetch-and-execute path are silently swallowed. Package metadata further misrepresents the project: package.json declares the name 'db-query-log' while repository/homepage/bugs all point to github.com/divbloxjs/dx-db-connector and the exported class is DivbloxDatabaseConnector, with the remote-exec method absent from that upstream's API. Any consumer that calls into the package's connector and reaches this code path will execute arbitrary attacker-controlled JavaScript inside the Node.js process with the installer's privileges.\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 db-query-log (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6539","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":"db-query-log","purl":"pkg:npm/db-query-log","source":"MAL-2026-6539"}],"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-2026-6539/"}