MAL-2026-6990 Malicious code in ai-gen-ai-opt-in (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-6990 is a malicious package: ai-gen-ai-opt-in (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-2026-6990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6990/index.md)
- Package
- ai-gen-ai-opt-in
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-6990?
MAL-2026-6990 is a malicious package in ai-gen-ai-opt-in, published on 8 Jul 2026.
Official description
[email protected] declares a postinstall hook (postinstall.js) that runs automatically on npm install. The script collects the installer's hostname (os.hostname()), OS username (os.userInfo().username), and public IP/geo/ISP data (fetched from ip-api.com over HTTPS), then encodes those values and issues a DNS lookup for a subdomain of an attacker-controlled Burp Collaborator-style callback host (p1r2d74iwjk057raam6myf7e258wzkt8i.oastify.com). This is a covert out-of-band DNS exfiltration channel that leaks installer identity and location data to a third party on every install, with no legitimate documented purpose.
What should I do about MAL-2026-6990?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.