MAL-2026-6985 Malicious code in promo-helper (npm)
- Package
- promo-helper
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-6985?
MAL-2026-6985 is a malicious package in promo-helper, published on 8 Jul 2026.
Official description
No concrete evidence of installer-side harm was identified for this package version. There are no indicators of credential theft, environment scraping, install-time remote code execution, hardcoded attacker-controlled C2 endpoints, silent-relay behavior, or namespace-abuse drop chains in the package's lifecycle scripts or import-time code paths.
Any 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.
What should I do about MAL-2026-6985?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mvg5-c69w-jg7r.