# MAL-2026-11125: Malicious code in api-rust-sdk (npm)


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

## What is MAL-2026-11125?

MAL-2026-11125 is a malicious package in api-rust-sdk, published on 28 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

On npm install, the package's postinstall hook (`node test.js`) executes two payloads against the installer host. First, it fetches an attacker-controlled SSH public key from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/ssh-key and appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys with mode 0600, then runs `sudo ufw allow 22/tcp` to ensure inbound SSH is reachable — granting the attacker persistent remote SSH access. Second, it walks process.cwd() for files matching id.json, config.toml, Config.toml, env, and.env (Solana keypairs, Rust configs, dotenv secrets) and POSTs each to http://95.216.118.146:3000/api/v1 prefixed with the installer's $USER. Third, it fetches remote scan/block patterns from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/scan-patterns, enumerates the user's home directory on Unix or all logical drives on Windows (via wmic/PowerShell), and uploads every matching file plus username/platform metadata to http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/v1. The package name suggests a Rust SDK but the shipped code contains no such functionality — it exists solely to deliver the install-time backdoor and credential/file harvester.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11125?

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-2026-11125 is a malicious package: api-rust-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-2026-11125/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11125/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11125

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