# MAL-2026-7011: Malicious code in events-alias (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `events-alias` (npm)
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-7011?

MAL-2026-7011 is a malicious package in events-alias, published on 8 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

The package's preinstall hook ("node index.js") runs automatically on `npm install` and executes an exfiltration payload. index.js requires child_process, os, http, and https, collects the installer's hostname, platform, arch, home directory, user info (username/uid/gid/shell), the output of `whoami`/`id`, and cwd, then POSTs the JSON payload to a hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain at https://s70v1tcmg3npuykzzok5t0tdz45vtlha.oastify.com/detox56. The package name 'events-alias' mimics the ubiquitous Node core 'events' module namespace but ships only this install-time recon/exfil payload; an undeclared ~10KB binary blob named 'i' also ships in the tarball but is not referenced from the executed code. Installing this package leaks installer identity/host reconnaissance data to attacker-controlled infrastructure.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-7011?

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-2026-7011 is a malicious package: events-alias (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-2026-7011/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7011/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-7011

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7011/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.