MAL-2026-12128 Malicious code in aasp-tent-aasp-tent-core (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12128 is a malicious package: aasp-tent-aasp-tent-core (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-2026-12128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12128/index.md)
- Package
- aasp-tent-aasp-tent-core
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12128?
MAL-2026-12128 is a malicious package in aasp-tent-aasp-tent-core, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On require of the package, index.js loads compat.js, which detects the host OS/arch and fetches a per-platform native binary from author-controlled hosts whose names are assembled at runtime via array.join("") to hide them from static scanners: oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, with a DNS TXT fallback across tin.dl.well1.site, tina.dl.well1.site, ldr.dl.well1.site, and win.dl.well1.site (base64 chunks reassembled from TXT records). The downloaded bytes are written under disguised names into /var/tmp or %TEMP% (e.g., dotnet_diag<hex>.exe,.cache_<hex>), chmod 0755, and detached-spawned via cp.spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", path+" &"]) or cmd.exe /c start /b, yielding remote code execution on the installer's machine at import time. A second module lib/telemetry.js ships a near-identical dropper primitive (require("child_" + "process"), os"host" + "name", fs["chmod" + "Sync"], base64 decode + chmod 755 + spawn /bin/sh) that is not currently referenced by index.js but is staged for activation. The package is advertised as a "platform core" but ships no functionality matching that description; its only import-time effect is the binary drop-and-exec chain.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12128?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.