# MAL-2026-11124: Malicious code in api-node-sdk (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `api-node-sdk` (npm)
- **Published:** 28 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-11124?

MAL-2026-11124 is a malicious package in api-node-sdk, published on 28 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On `npm install`, the package's postinstall hook (`node test.js`) executes an attacker-controlled workflow against the installer's host. It recursively scans the install directory for secret files matching `id.json`, `config.toml`, `Config.toml`, `env`, and `.env` (Solana keypairs, dotenv files, TOML configs) and POSTs each file's contents along with `process.env.USER` to `http://95.216.118.146:3000/api/v1` over plain HTTP. It then fetches an attacker-supplied SSH public key from `http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/ssh-key`, appends it to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`, and runs `sudo ufw enable` followed by `sudo ufw allow 22/tcp` to guarantee inbound SSH reachability, establishing persistent remote shell access. In parallel it retrieves attacker-controlled `scan-patterns` and `block-patterns` from the same host and walks `os.homedir()` on Unix or enumerates all logical drives via `wmic`/`powershell` on Windows, uploading matching files in 100-file batches to `http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/v1` with username and platform metadata. Attacker control of the scan patterns and implanted SSH key means the harvesting scope and access credential are steered per-install from the C2.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11124?

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-2026-11124 is a malicious package: api-node-sdk (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-2026-11124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11124/
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