# MAL-2026-10111: Malicious code in nodepack-daemon (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `nodepack-daemon` (npm)
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7fc-qvp5-6qx3

## What is MAL-2026-10111?

MAL-2026-10111 is a malicious package in nodepack-daemon, published on 10 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

The package presents itself as the popular `pino` logger (README badges, file layout mirroring pino's lib/proto.js, lib/redaction.js, lib/transport.js, DEFAULT_LEVELS, and `module.exports.pino = middleware`), but on use it triggers a remote code execution flow. index.js spawns `node./lib/caller.js` in a detached, stdio-ignored child when the exported middleware is invoked. lib/caller.js issues an HTTPS GET against https://jsonkeeper.com/b/QWPQX, reads the `cookie` field of the returned JSON, and passes it to `Function.constructor('require', s)`, invoking the returned function with the real `require` — giving whatever code the paste currently contains full Node capabilities inside the installer's process. The exfil/C2 URLs are further obfuscated as base64-encoded fake `process.env.DEV_API_KEY` / `DEV_SECRET_KEY` / `DEV_SECRET_VALUE` constants in lib/caller.js and lib/const.js that decode to additional jsonkeeper.com paste endpoints (https://jsonkeeper.com/b/XRGF3, https://jsonkeeper.com/b/4NAKK) and a custom `x-secret-key` header. jsonkeeper.com is an anonymous, mutable paste host — the executed payload can be swapped by the operator at any time without a package update. Name impersonation of `pino` plus a mutable-paste remote-execute channel plus URL obfuscation is an unambiguous supply-chain attack.

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-2026-10111?

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-2026-10111 is a malicious package: nodepack-daemon (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-2026-10111/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10111/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10111

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10111/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.