{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including twcvhjlksdmx.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13836 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-2026-13836 is a malicious package in twcvhjlksdmx, published on 12 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13836 is a malicious package: twcvhjlksdmx (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-2026-13836/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13836/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13836","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13836/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13836","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pw3v-jpfx-hh5w"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The tarball contains only package.json and index.html. package.json declares no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle hooks and sets main to index.html, which is not a loadable JavaScript module and will not execute on npm install or on require(). index.html impersonates a Cloudflare 'Just a moment' interstitial and embeds an obfuscator.io-style script (string-array + base64 _0x5844 decoder) that constructs a URL and calls window.location.replace to redirect the browser. The redirect only fires if a user opens the HTML file in a browser; it does not run against a developer or build system that installs or requires this package.\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 twcvhjlksdmx (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13836","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":"twcvhjlksdmx","purl":"pkg:npm/twcvhjlksdmx","source":"MAL-2026-13836"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-12","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-2026-13836/"}