# MAL-2026-7003: Malicious code in searchresults (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `searchresults` (npm)
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cpff-p65h-24c4

## What is MAL-2026-7003?

MAL-2026-7003 is a malicious package in searchresults, published on 8 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

searchresults@999.0.0 is a high-version dependency-confusion squat on the generic name 'searchresults'. package.json declares preinstall and postinstall = 'node callback.js', so on npm install callback.js executes automatically and collects installer identity (username, uid/gid, homedir, shell, os.hostname(), platform, cwd, local IP, external IP fetched from api.ipify.org) plus CI context (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GITHUB_ACTOR, JENKINS_URL, BUILD_NUMBER) and POSTs it to a hardcoded Discord webhook and a callback URL. It additionally fingerprints which installers hold monetizable CI credentials by probing for presence of AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, and DOCKER_PASSWORD in the environment and reporting the result to the same webhook. A DNS-based fallback channel base64-encodes the collected info and issues a DNS lookup of that value as a subdomain of the callback host, bypassing HTTP egress filtering. The 999.0.0 version and generic name are engineered to win npm semver resolution against internally-named private packages, giving install-time code execution on arbitrary organizations. Self-labeling as 'security research PoC' does not constitute installer consent.

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-2026-7003?

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-2026-7003 is a malicious package: searchresults (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-2026-7003/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7003/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-7003

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7003/
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