# MAL-2026-13716: Malicious code in @sqlite-prime/nodesql (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@sqlite-prime/nodesql` (npm)
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f348-mwv9-7p8h

## What is MAL-2026-13716?

MAL-2026-13716 is a malicious package in @sqlite-prime/nodesql, published on 10 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

@sqlite-prime/nodesql@1.0.6 ships a verbatim copy of the well-known `buffer` library as its main entry (`index.js`) with a single injected top-level statement `var ins = import('@sqlite-prime/createsql');` that dynamically loads the sibling scoped package `@sqlite-prime/createsql` (declared as a dependency, `^1.0.1`) whenever a consumer `require()`s this module. The sibling package's code is not shipped in this tarball, is unpinned, and is unrelated to the advertised buffer polyfill functionality. Package identity is inconsistent across metadata: `package.json` names the package `@sqlite-prime/nodesql`, the README titles the project `bare-stream` and instructs `npm i @sql-access/nods`, the LICENSE header is copied from the `type-is` project (Jonathan Ong / Douglas Christopher Wilson), and the code is copied from Feross Aboukhadijeh's `buffer`. This is the canonical loader/staging shape: a benign-looking copy of a popular library with an injected import that pulls in and executes an external, unrelated package at load time.

Any 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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13716?

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-2026-13716 is a malicious package: @sqlite-prime/nodesql (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-2026-13716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13716/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13716

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