# MAL-2026-10502: Malicious code in gamified-trading-system (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `gamified-trading-system` (npm)
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h8fc-h568-wwr9, GHSA-hh4c-9fqx-2vc5

## What is MAL-2026-10502?

MAL-2026-10502 is a malicious package in gamified-trading-system, published on 13 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

The package advertises itself as a trading-gamification library (XP, leaderboards, updateProgress/getLeaderboard) but its source contains none of those APIs. The only meaningful exports are `setDefaultModule` and `getPlugin`. `getPlugin` assembles the URL `https://svganchordev.net/icons/116` from split string fragments (`protocol`/`domain`/`separator`/`path`/`token`), fetches it with a fake `bearrtoken: 'logo'` header, and passes the response's `data.credits` field to `new Function('require','module','exports',...,'Promise', data.credits)` invoked with `require`, `process`, `Buffer`, and other host globals. This is a remote loader: whoever controls the attacker endpoint controls arbitrary code executed in the installer's Node process with full module privileges. A second function `setDefaultModule` fetches font-awesome SVGs from cdnjs as a decoy to camouflage the active loader. Declared runtime dependencies (`@primno/dpapi`, `better-sqlite3`, `node-machine-id`) line up with Windows DPAPI credential-decryption / machine-fingerprinting payloads commonly delivered by this loader shape. The package also ships an ed25519 OpenSSH private key (`gitlab`, comment `testm@DESKTOP-PO28IS1`), corroborating sloppy/hostile provenance.

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-2026-10502?

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-2026-10502 is a malicious package: gamified-trading-system (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-2026-10502/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10502/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10502

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