# MAL-2026-13822: Malicious code in mnhdjoweuq (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `mnhdjoweuq` (npm)
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ph9q-v37r-28hp

## What is MAL-2026-13822?

MAL-2026-13822 is a malicious package in mnhdjoweuq, published on 12 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

Package contains only package.json and index.html, with main pointing at the HTML file. index.html mimics a Cloudflare Turnstile 'Just a moment' challenge and contains an obfuscator.io-obfuscated Turnstile callback that reconstructs a URL starting with 'https://lo' from a string-array and navigates the browser to it via window.location. There are no install lifecycle scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare) and main is HTML rather than JavaScript, so nothing executes on npm install or require of the package. The obfuscated redirect only fires when a browser loads the HTML (for example if served via a CDN like unpkg/jsdelivr), affecting a browser visitor rather than the developer who installs the package.

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-2026-13822?

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-2026-13822 is a malicious package: mnhdjoweuq (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-2026-13822/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13822/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13822

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13822/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.