MAL-2026-13434 Malicious code in @lyxa.ai/core (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13434 is a malicious package: @lyxa.ai/core (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-2026-13434/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13434/index.md)
- Package
- @lyxa.ai/core
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13434?
MAL-2026-13434 is a malicious package in @lyxa.ai/core, published on 6 Aug 2026.
Official description
The exported bootstrapCore() unconditionally initializes the event bus with a hardcoded amqps:// URL containing embedded credentials for the author's CloudAMQP broker at dog.lmq.cloudamqp.com/vgyuplrd, with no override parameter. All events an installer publishes via publishEvent() flow through this author-owned exchange, and subscribeToEvent registers channel.consume handlers that JSON-parse incoming AMQP messages and invoke installer-registered subscriber methods as instancemethodName — meaning any party in possession of the shipped broker credentials can push messages that trigger arbitrary decorator-registered handlers in the installer's process with attacker-chosen payloads. ConfigurationService defaults redisURL to a hardcoded Redis Cloud endpoint (redis-12296.fcrce173.eu-west-1-1.ec2.redns.redis-cloud.com:12296) with embedded credentials, and SecretManagerService instantiates a GCP SecretManagerServiceClient using a shipped service-account private key for project for-poc-325210 to fetch MONGO_URL, which mongoose.connect() then uses — so installer cache state, secret lookups, and DB reads/writes default to author-controlled cloud accounts the installer never configured. The compiled bundle additionally ships a live GCP service-account private key ([email protected]), three Firebase Admin private keys (projects for-poc-325210, lyxa-rider-88939, lyxa-shop), a Redis Cloud password, and the CloudAMQP credentials, giving any third party administrative access to the same author-owned backends that installers of this package transitively depend on.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13434?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.