{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @checkrhq/adjudication-api-client.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-6789 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-2026-6789 is a malicious package in @checkrhq/adjudication-api-client, published on 2 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-6789 is a malicious package: @checkrhq/adjudication-api-client (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-2026-6789/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6789/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-6789","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6789/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-6789","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 preinstall lifecycle script that runs `curl` to POST installer reconnaissance data — hostname, current user (whoami), working directory, and uid/gid (id) — to a hardcoded webhook.site collector endpoint on every `npm install`. The package is published under an @checkrhq scope impersonating Checkr Inc. (author email uses checkr.com; description states 'This package is for testing only.') and ships no functional code, matching the canonical dependency-confusion beacon pattern targeting an organization's internal package namespace. Installing this package causes automatic outbound transmission of host and user identifiers to an anonymous third-party collector controlled by the publisher.\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@checkrhq/adjudication-api-client' @ 0.0.2 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\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 @checkrhq/adjudication-api-client (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-6789","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":"@checkrhq/adjudication-api-client","purl":"pkg:npm/%40checkrhq/adjudication-api-client","source":"MAL-2026-6789"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-02","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-2026-6789/"}