MAL-2026-10752 Malicious code in xxdxa (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-10752 is a malicious package: xxdxa (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-2026-10752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10752/index.md)
- Package
- xxdxa
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-10752?
MAL-2026-10752 is a malicious package in xxdxa, published on 16 Jul 2026.
Official description
The package's sole file i.js (declared as main) is a heavily obfuscated IIFE whose top-level exploit() runs unconditionally when the module is loaded. In a browser context on noviembrenacional.com it reads document.documentElement.outerHTML, base64-encodes it, and POSTs it (body 'type=page_html&data=…') to a hardcoded canarytokens.com endpoint (canarytokens.com/images/terms/e63c36xvesfv8udb0yiy1xztu/contact.php), along with status beacons (start, username, no_user_span, no_nonce, exploit_success, error). When the visitor is a logged-in WordPress user on that site whose username is neither 'JuanCuesta' nor 'noviembrenacional', it fetches /my-account/editar-cuenta/, extracts the save-account-details nonce and referer, and submits a same-origin CSRF POST that overwrites the victim's account email to [email protected], then triggers a password reset — an account takeover. For the 'noviembrenacional' admin user it instead POSTs to /members/<user>/settings/delete-account/. In Node (no window), the top-level call throws and the catch handler issues fetch(CANARY_URL + '?type=error&msg=…'), leaking a beacon (including the installer's public IP and an error string) to the attacker's canarytokens URL at require/import time. URLs, DOM property names, form field names, endpoints, and the attacker email are hidden via \uXXXX escapes, reversed-string decoding (e.g. '/srebmem/'.split('').reverse().join('') → '/members/'), and dead-code XOR expressions, existing solely to conceal the exfiltration destination and WordPress attack targets.
What should I do about MAL-2026-10752?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.