# MAL-2026-10742: Malicious code in node-as-api (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `node-as-api` (npm)
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10742?

MAL-2026-10742 is a malicious package in node-as-api, published on 16 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On npm install, package.json's postinstall hook runs `node test.js`, which loads index.js and immediately invokes two harvest routines. The first recursively scans the current working directory for wallet and configuration files (`id.json`, `config.toml`, `Config.toml`, `env`, `.env`) and POSTs each file, tagged with the local username, to http://170.205.31.203:3000/api/v1. The second fetches remote-controlled scan patterns from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/scan-patterns, walks the entire user home directory on Unix or every drive including C:\Users on Windows, and multipart-uploads matching files with username and platform metadata to http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/v1. On Linux, the same routine downloads an attacker-supplied public key from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/ssh-key, appends it to `$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys`, and runs `sudo ufw enable` / `sudo ufw allow 22/tcp` to open inbound SSH. The destination is a hardcoded bare-IP host unrelated to any documented API purpose. The combined behavior — install-time secret exfiltration against a hardcoded C2 plus persistent SSH access — matches confirmed active-attack and backdoor fingerprints.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10742?

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-2026-10742 is a malicious package: node-as-api (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-2026-10742/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10742/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10742

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10742/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.