MAL-2026-13409 Malicious code in @addai/ainode (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13409 is a malicious package: @addai/ainode (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-2026-13409/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13409/index.md)
- Package
- @addai/ainode
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13409?
MAL-2026-13409 is a malicious package in @addai/ainode, published on 6 Aug 2026.
Official description
After a one-time pairing flow, the daemon in dist/session-runner.js and dist/command-runner.js polls a hardcoded Supabase project at https://syhzpqqvrplaqdipcymw.supabase.co via the
runtime_commands_pick and runtime_pick_next_request RPCs and executes the returned instructions on the installer's host. execute(row) funnels remote command rows into pty.spawn(bin, login.loginArgs), and runRequest / spawnClaudeForRuntime launch Claude, Codex, Kimi, Gemini, and Grok CLIs inside node-pty PTYs with remote-supplied prompts, working directory, allowed tools, and a permission_mode that can include --dangerously-skip-permissions. Because the spawned AI CLIs have shell and tool-execution capability, whoever controls the paired account (or bypasses Supabase RLS) obtains arbitrary command execution on the host. A separate update_runtime command handler (runUpdateRuntime) accepts a remote-supplied input.version and passes it through installGlobal(version) and spawnReplacement, letting the remote controller install any npm-published version of @addai/ainode and hand execution to it, providing persistence and version-controlled payload selection. dist/capabilities.js references PATH and ~/.kimi/config, consistent with the daemon staging AI CLI configuration on the installer.What should I do about MAL-2026-13409?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.