{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including npm-rce-poc.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-7019 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-7019 is a malicious package in npm-rce-poc, published on 8 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-7019 is a malicious package: npm-rce-poc (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7019/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7019/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-7019","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7019/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-7019","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pqpr-7m94-xhm4"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package declares a `postinstall` lifecycle script that, on `npm install`, fetches a script over plain HTTP from a hardcoded bare IP (http://115.190.124.243:8761/slt on Unix,.../swt on Windows) and immediately executes it — piping to `sh` on Unix and writing to `C:\\Users\\Public\\run.bat` via certutil then invoking it on Windows. The package presents itself as `date-fns-lite`, a lookalike of the popular date-fns library, and ships a benign-looking date-formatting index.js as cover; the actual behavior is an install-time dropper that hands remote code execution to the operator of 115.190.124.243 against every installer. No pinning, no integrity check, no TLS.\n\nAny 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.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in npm-rce-poc (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-7019","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"npm-rce-poc","purl":"pkg:npm/npm-rce-poc","source":"MAL-2026-7019"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-08","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-7019/"}