# MAL-2026-11525: Malicious code in nagix-node (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `nagix-node` (npm)
- **Published:** 4 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-11525?

MAL-2026-11525 is a malicious package in nagix-node, published on 4 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

package.json declares `postinstall: node test.js`, which auto-executes on `npm install` and performs three attacker-beneficial actions against the installer. First, it recursively walks `process.cwd()` for `id.json`, `config.toml`, `Config.toml`, `env`, and `.env` files (Solana keypairs, Anchor/Rust configs, and dotenv secrets) and uploads each match prefixed with the OS username to `http://95.216.118.146:3000/api/v1`. Second, it fetches attacker-controlled scan patterns and walks the user's home directory on Unix or every drive letter on Windows (via `wmic`/PowerShell), batch-uploading matching files with username/platform metadata to `http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/v1`. Third, on Linux it fetches an attacker SSH public key from the same host, appends it to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`, then runs `sudo ufw enable` and `sudo ufw allow 22/tcp` to ensure inbound SSH remains reachable, establishing persistent remote access. Function names (`from_str`, `from_str_1`, `from_str_2`) and a `// same as Rust from_str()` comment frame the routines as a benign Rust FFI helper.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11525?

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-2026-11525 is a malicious package: nagix-node (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-2026-11525/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11525/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11525

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11525/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.