{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including rdfxvela.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13491 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-13491 is a malicious package in rdfxvela, published on 7 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13491 is a malicious package: rdfxvela (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13491/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13491","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13491/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13491","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7485-r458-jppf"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"cli.js embeds a base64-encoded RSA private key in CONFIG.encodedSSHKey. When the user invokes any `rx` subcommand (signup/login/list/download/deploy), the CLI writes the decoded key to a temp file at mode 0600 and runs `ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i \u003ckey\u003e ubuntu@79.72.65.161 \"\u003ccmd\u003e\"` against the author's signing server. Every recipient of the tarball receives the same key and can log in as ubuntu on 79.72.65.161. Separately, user-entered passwords are interpolated unescaped into the remote shell command line (`bash.../auth.sh signup ${username} ${password}`), exposing them in remote process argv and logs. There are no install-time or import-time lifecycle hooks, no reads of installer secrets or environment variables, no exfiltration of installer-owned data, and no fetching or execution of remote code on the installer's machine. The shared credential authorizes access to a host owned by the package author; the blast radius is confined to the author's own infrastructure.\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in rdfxvela (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13491","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"rdfxvela","purl":"pkg:npm/rdfxvela","source":"MAL-2026-13491"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-07","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13491/"}