# MAL-2026-13833: Malicious code in prezdentkxheiw (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `prezdentkxheiw` (npm)
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-943h-xm4q-hpg6

## What is MAL-2026-13833?

MAL-2026-13833 is a malicious package in prezdentkxheiw, published on 12 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The package contains only index.html (declared as main) and package.json. The HTML impersonates a Cloudflare 'Just a moment...' challenge and includes an obfuscator.io-style script whose onTurnstileComplete handler reconstructs a target URL from an encoded string array (_0x2885) and calls window.location.replace to redirect the browser. There are no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle hooks, no JavaScript entrypoint, and the declared main is an HTML file that Node cannot execute via require. Installing or requiring this package does not run code on the installer's machine. The artifact is abuse of the npm registry as static hosting for a phishing/redirect landing page aimed at browser visitors (e.g. via a CDN like unpkg), not a supply-chain attack against installers.

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-2026-13833?

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-2026-13833 is a malicious package: prezdentkxheiw (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-2026-13833/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13833/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13833

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