MAL-2026-12142 Malicious code in beaver-ui-ai-chat-layout (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
beaver-ui-ai-chat-layout
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-12142?

MAL-2026-12142 is a malicious package in beaver-ui-ai-chat-layout, published on 5 Aug 2026.

Official description

Package is advertised as a UI chat layout toolkit but its index.js unconditionally require()s a setup.js that side-loads a 77 KB module internally labelled 'Analytics SDK'. On require(), setup.js reads the installer's hostname, OS username, current working directory, Node.js version, and pid, derives a SHA-256 install fingerprint, and passes it to lib/telemetry.js, which issues https.request calls to an endpoint resolved at runtime via DNS-based service discovery rather than a hardcoded hostname. Sensitive OS APIs are accessed via runtime string concatenation (os'host'+'name', os'user'+'Info'.username, os'plat'+'form', os'ar'+'ch') to evade static detection. There is no opt-in; telemetry defaults on and is only disableable via an undocumented DISABLE_TELEMETRY env var. The package's declared purpose (UI layout) does not correspond to any behavior in the shipped code, which is limited to a trivial no-op class plus the fingerprint beacon.

What should I do about MAL-2026-12142?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

Is MAL-2026-12142 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free