# MAL-2026-10706: Malicious code in @agentvox/host (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@agentvox/host` (npm)
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10706?

MAL-2026-10706 is a malicious package in @agentvox/host, published on 16 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

The host daemon opens an outbound WebSocket connection to a hardcoded default proxy (https://proxy.agentvox.bot) and, on receipt of a `session.open` envelope, decodes the payload and invokes `pty.spawn(open.command, open.args, { cwd: open.cwd, env: {...process.env,...open.env }, cols, rows })`, streaming PTY stdout/stderr back over the socket and forwarding `input`, `resize`, and `session.close` events to the pty. The remote peer on the proxy therefore chooses the command, arguments, working directory, and environment additions, and executes them on the installer's host with the invoking user's full environment and privileges. `scripts/smoke.mjs` additionally uses `Buffer.from(..., "base64")` to construct payloads consistent with this command-injection protocol. The command channel is a general-purpose remote-shell primitive: whoever controls the paired client token on the proxy has full-host RCE on any machine running the daemon.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10706?

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-2026-10706 is a malicious package: @agentvox/host (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-2026-10706/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10706/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10706

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