# MAL-2026-10988: Malicious code in react-tabulix-ui (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `react-tabulix-ui` (npm)
- **Published:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jr9-f9w4-93v3

## What is MAL-2026-10988?

MAL-2026-10988 is a malicious package in react-tabulix-ui, published on 21 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

package.json declares a preinstall hook (`node./dist/index.d.js`) that runs automatically on `npm install`. The script at dist/index.d.js decodes a base64-wrapped payload via `Buffer.from(..., 'base64').toString('utf-8')` and dispatches it to `eval`, where the `eval` identifier is obfuscated by reconstructing it from the char-code array `[101,118,97,108]` and accessed via `globalThis[tag](text)`. The decoded payload fetches `https://everydaynodechecker-39143n.vercel.app/api/key?mem=root2` and passes the response body to `eval`, resulting in execution of attacker-controlled code fetched from a remote endpoint on every installer's machine. The base64 wrapping, char-code eval reconstruction, and remote fetch-and-eval together form an install-time remote code execution chain against any consumer of this package.

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.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'react-tabulix-ui' @ 0.1.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10988?

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-2026-10988 is a malicious package: react-tabulix-ui (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-2026-10988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10988/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10988

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10988/
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