MAL-2026-10117 Malicious code in nodemon-slint (npm)

Package name, README, homepage (nodemon.io), author (remy), and source tree are copied verbatim from the widely-used 'nodemon' package, with the addition of a single novel runtime dependency 'type-slint' (^3.3.7) declared in package.json. That dependency is never imported by any file reachable from the declared main (lib/nodemon.js) or from bin/, so it serves no functional purpose within this package. The only installer-facing effect of the manifest change relative to nodemon is that 'npm install nodemon-slint' also resolves and installs 'type-slint' into the installer's dependency tree, where any install-time hooks or load-time side effects it contains will run. The host package itself does not exhibit exfiltration, install-time RCE, or backdoor behavior in its own code; the risk is carried by the co-installed sibling. Name similarity to 'nodemon' (a top-tier package) plus injection of an unreferenced dependency is the namespace-abuse / typosquat-dropper shape.

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.