{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13863 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-2026-13863 is a malicious package in @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s, published on 12 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13863 is a malicious package: @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s (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-2026-13863/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13863/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13863","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13863/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13863","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package's postinstall lifecycle script downloads two tarballs (mhddos.tgz, pyroxy.tgz) from jasabersama.id over an HTTPS connection with TLS verification disabled (rejectUnauthorized:false), extracts them to /tmp and into the Python user site-packages, pip-installs a fixed dependency set with --break-system-packages, and immediately runs `python3 start.py` from the extracted mhddos directory. In parallel, it collects the output of `id` and `hostname` plus install-progress markers, base64-encodes them, and sends them as a query-string parameter to https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php with a fixed key `S7k9xQ2mZj`. The payload URL is staged under a `.theme-backup/dl/` cover-story path on a domain unrelated to the package's declared purpose, and the package's n8n node file is a stub — the sole functional code is the malicious postinstall. The name mimics legitimate n8n community node packages.","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 @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13863","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":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s","purl":"pkg:npm/%40years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s","source":"MAL-2026-13863"}],"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-2026-13863/"}