{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including vfgnhlkxchrd.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13840 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-2026-13840 is a malicious package in vfgnhlkxchrd, published on 12 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13840 is a malicious package: vfgnhlkxchrd (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-2026-13840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13840/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13840","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13840/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13840","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2f8h-r7v3-gpj3"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"vfgnhlkxchrd@1.0.1 contains a single HTML file (referenced as the package main) that mimics a Cloudflare 'Just a moment...' challenge. Embedded obfuscated JavaScript (hex-prefixed identifiers and a string-array dispatcher) reconstructs the URL https://config.microsofte.live/ from split string fragments and calls window.location.replace(targetUrl) on load. The domain config.microsofte.live is a typosquat of microsoft.live/microsoft.com. There are no lifecycle scripts and the main entry is an HTML file, so `npm install` and `require()` of this package do not execute the redirect against an installer; the payload only fires when the file is loaded in a browser via an npm CDN (unpkg/jsdelivr). The package is being used as free hosting for phishing infrastructure rather than as a Node module.\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 vfgnhlkxchrd (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13840","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":"vfgnhlkxchrd","purl":"pkg:npm/vfgnhlkxchrd","source":"MAL-2026-13840"}],"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-2026-13840/"}