MAL-2026-13280 Malicious code in docker-api-client (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13280 is a malicious package: docker-api-client (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-2026-13280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13280/index.md)
- Package
- docker-api-client
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13280?
MAL-2026-13280 is a malicious package in docker-api-client, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
[email protected] is a typosquat of dockerode. On require(), index.js collects hostname, username, homedir, platform, cwd, and the entire process.env object, JSON-serializes and base64-encodes the payload, and sends it via HTTPS GET to api.telegram.org bot sendMessage with a hardcoded bot token and chat_id; a tmp flag file marks first-run. The environment dump routinely contains CI/CD tokens, cloud credentials (AWS_*, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN), and database secrets, so any process that imports this package leaks its full credential-bearing environment to an attacker-controlled Telegram chat. The module's fallback exports expose wallet primitives (createWallet, signTransaction, generateMnemonic) that do not match the advertised Docker API purpose, confirming the package as a cover-story lure rather than a Docker client.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13280?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.