# MAL-2026-6989: Malicious code in ag-charts-test (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ag-charts-test` (npm)
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p9cr-rm9c-q8mg

## What is MAL-2026-6989?

MAL-2026-6989 is a malicious package in ag-charts-test, published on 8 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

ag-charts-test@99.9.1 is a hollow package (empty index.js, no scripts, no documented functionality) whose sole effect on installers is resolving its single dependency `ltidisafe` from a direct HTTPS tarball URL on a third-party Google Cloud Storage bucket (`https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.1.9.tgz`) rather than through the npm registry. On `npm install`, the tarball is fetched from that bucket and its contents — including any lifecycle scripts — execute on the installer's machine. The bucket owner can mutate the tarball at any time, so the executed bytes are attacker-controlled. The package name mimics the AG Charts / AG Grid namespace and the inflated `99.9.1` version, combined with the `depenconf` path segment on the bucket URL, is the canonical dependency-confusion shape (outbidding an internal `ag-charts-*` name to force resolution of the attacker's package into a private build). No legitimate purpose is documented and the package ships no code of its own.

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-2026-6989?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-6989 is a malicious package: ag-charts-test (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6989/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6989/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6989

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6989/
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