# MAL-2026-12801: Malicious code in sc-payment-utils (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `sc-payment-utils` (npm)
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-12801?

MAL-2026-12801 is a malicious package in sc-payment-utils, published on 5 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

sc-payment-utils@9999.0.0 declares a preinstall script that executes callback.js on npm install. The script collects host identity (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username), the current working directory, the configured npm registry, and a battery of CI repository-slug environment variables (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, CI_PROJECT_PATH, BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME, BITBUCKET_REPO_FULL_NAME, TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG, DRONE_REPO, BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG, CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME, JOB_NAME), and issues an HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse with those fields as query parameters. The 9999.0.0 version number and beacon shape are consistent with a dependency-confusion reconnaissance callback targeting internal package names leaked into public registry resolution.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-12801?

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-2026-12801 is a malicious package: sc-payment-utils (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-2026-12801/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12801/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12801

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12801/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.