MAL-2026-13357 Malicious code in app-hsu-layer (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13357 is a malicious package: app-hsu-layer (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-2026-13357/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13357/index.md)
- Package
- app-hsu-layer
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13357?
MAL-2026-13357 is a malicious package in app-hsu-layer, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On npm install, the package's postinstall script runs test.js, which imports index.js and immediately invokes two harvesting/backdoor routines. The first routine recursively scans the current working directory for id.json, config.toml, Config.toml, env, and.env files and POSTs each match, tagged with the OS username, to http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/v1 — exfiltrating project secrets including Solana keypairs and API/database credentials. The second routine fetches attacker-controlled glob patterns from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/scan-patterns and walks the user's home directory on Unix (or enumerates all logical drives via wmic/PowerShell on Windows), uploading matching files as multipart form-data to the same endpoint. In parallel, the postinstall fetches an SSH public key from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/ssh-key, appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, runs sudo chown on ~/.ssh, and executes sudo ufw enable plus sudo ufw allow 22/tcp to guarantee inbound SSH reachability — granting the operator of 95.216.118.146 persistent remote shell access to the installing host. Package metadata is hollow (empty description/author, only test.js and index.js shipped) and function names (from_str_1, from_str_2) obscure intent.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13357?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.