# MAL-2026-13617: Malicious code in ts-utility-plus (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ts-utility-plus` (npm)
- **Published:** 7 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-13617?

MAL-2026-13617 is a malicious package in ts-utility-plus, published on 7 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The package's default export `getPlugin` performs an HTTPS request to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at https://31.97.137.157:45000/icons/109 and passes the response field `data.credits` into `new Function('require','module',...)` with `require`, `process`, `Buffer`, and other Node globals injected as arguments, then invokes the constructed function. This gives the operator of that IP arbitrary code execution inside the installer's Node process whenever the package is required and its default export is called. A cover-story of Font Awesome / icon CDN naming (`IconProvider`, `iconDomain`, `/ajax/libs/font-awesome/...`, `bearrtoken:"logo"`) surrounds the real payload URL, which is assembled by concatenating `protocol`+`separator`+`domain`+`path` where `domain` is the bare IP. The declared dependencies (@primno/dpapi, better-sqlite3, node-machine-id) are consistent with a follow-on credential/browser-secret stealer delivered through this channel.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13617?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-13617 is a malicious package: ts-utility-plus (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-2026-13617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13617/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13617

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