# MAL-2026-13841: Malicious code in vkldhcmieru6 (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `vkldhcmieru6` (npm)
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6m3r-x867-rw6g

## What is MAL-2026-13841?

MAL-2026-13841 is a malicious package in vkldhcmieru6, published on 12 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The package contains only index.html (declared as `main` in package.json) and a minimal package.json with no lifecycle scripts. The HTML impersonates a Cloudflare Turnstile 'Just a moment...' challenge and, on Turnstile completion, runs an obfuscator.io-style routine (rotated string array `_0x81b7` decoded via `_0x28d7`) to reconstruct a destination URL and navigates the browser to it via `window.location`, forwarding the visitor's query string. There is no preinstall/install/postinstall hook, no importable JavaScript entry point, and Node cannot `require()` an HTML file, so installing or requiring the package does not execute any code on the installer's machine. The harm is directed at browser visitors of the hosted HTML content, not at npm developers or build systems that install this 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-2026-13841?

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-2026-13841 is a malicious package: vkldhcmieru6 (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-2026-13841/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13841/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13841

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13841/
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