MAL-2026-11007 Malicious code in web3-terminal (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-11007 is a malicious package: web3-terminal (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-2026-11007/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11007/index.md)
- Package
- web3-terminal
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-11007?
MAL-2026-11007 is a malicious package in web3-terminal, published on 22 Jul 2026.
Official description
On npm install, package.json scripts.postinstall runs test.js, which invokes routines in index.js that (1) walk the current working directory for id.json (Solana keypair), config.toml, and.env/env files and POST each to http://170.205.31.203:3000/api/v1; (2) fetch scan and block patterns from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/scan-patterns and /api/block-patterns and recursively scan the user's home directory (or all drives on Windows), multi-part uploading matched files to 170.205.31.203:3001; and (3) on Linux, fetch an attacker-controlled SSH public key from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/ssh-key, append it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, then run
sudo ufw enable and sudo ufw allow 22/tcp to open inbound SSH. Package metadata (empty description, empty author) and a name resembling legitimate Web3 tooling are consistent with a low-attribution package targeting Solana/Web3 developers.What should I do about MAL-2026-11007?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.