# MAL-2026-13882: Malicious code in verify-cli (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `verify-cli` (npm)
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-13882?

MAL-2026-13882 is a malicious package in verify-cli, published on 12 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

package.json declares `preinstall: node index.js`, which runs automatically on `npm install`. index.js shells out via child_process and curl to POST the installer's `whoami`, `hostname`, and `id` output along with base64-encoded contents of `/etc/passwd`, `/etc/hosts`, and (if readable) `/etc/shadow` to a hardcoded out-of-band interactsh/OAST endpoint at `5f8a1ed70fb7761d678agw9bucryyyyyb.oast.site`. Package metadata shows an implausible version (99.0.0), placeholder description ("Nodejs SDK for Redacted"), and a nonexistent dependency, consistent with a dependency-confusion / typosquat beacon rather than a legitimate SDK.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13882?

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-2026-13882 is a malicious package: verify-cli (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-2026-13882/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13882/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13882

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