MAL-2026-10155 Malicious code in notify-funcs (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-10155 is a malicious package: notify-funcs (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-2026-10155/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10155/index.md)
- Package
- notify-funcs
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-10155?
MAL-2026-10155 is a malicious package in notify-funcs, published on 10 Jul 2026.
Official description
The package presents itself as a pino-compatible logging middleware (exports
check as both default and pino named export) but its actual behavior on invocation is to spawn a detached Node child running lib/vcall.js, which fetches JavaScript from an IPFS gateway URL (https://emerald-accurate-urial-9.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/bafkreify2ijjvromekknzxzvqaopft6muwlpl37mvmpdeazwzzkbjzkuxm) and executes the response via new Function.constructor('require', src)(require), granting the remote payload full Node.js capabilities. The detached spawn is designed to survive parent exit. lib/const.js also ships base64-encoded strings (e.g. DEV_API_KEY decoding to https://jsonkeeper.com/b/ZK45J) referencing an anonymous paste-host endpoint consistent with additional staging. The logger-mimicking API surface and pino-shaped exports are a decoy for the remote-execution dropper: any consumer wiring this as Express middleware triggers arbitrary remote code execution on the host.What should I do about MAL-2026-10155?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.