{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including gen-ai-opt-in.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6761 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-2026-6761 is a malicious package in gen-ai-opt-in, published on 5 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6761 is a malicious package: gen-ai-opt-in (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-2026-6761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6761/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6761","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6761/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6761","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jwrj-q2c7-8g47"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On npm install, postinstall.js executes automatically and collects installer host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username) plus public IP/geo data fetched from ip-api.com (city, region, country, ISP, org), then transmits them as query-string parameters over plain HTTP to a hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain at p1r2d74iwjk057raam6myf7e258wzkt8i.oastify.com. The package ships no legitimate functionality — the tarball's only effect is the recon beacon. The name 'gen-ai-opt-in' combined with version 99.0.2 (an artificially inflated version number) and an empty description matches the dependency-confusion attack shape, where a public package is published to override an organization's internal package of the same name so that a compromised internal build resolves the attacker's copy and executes the postinstall.\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.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'gen-ai-opt-in' @ 99.0.2 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 gen-ai-opt-in (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6761","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":"gen-ai-opt-in","purl":"pkg:npm/gen-ai-opt-in","source":"MAL-2026-6761"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-05","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-2026-6761/"}