{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-v.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13905 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-2026-13905 is a malicious package in @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-v, published on 12 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13905 is a malicious package: @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-v (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-2026-13905/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13905/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13905","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13905/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13905","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 hook runs `node callback.js`, and package.json declares `main: index.js` with byte-identical contents, so the payload fires on both `npm install` and `require()`/import. On execution the code writes a Python UDP/TCP flood script to /tmp/attack.py and launches it via `nohup python3 /tmp/attack.py \u0026`, directing ~650 threads at 103.118.252.21 on ports 80/443 for 600 seconds. In parallel, the code runs `id` and `hostname`, collects process/loadavg indicators, base64-encodes the result, and sends it via `https.get` with `rejectUnauthorized: false` to `https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php?k=S7k9xQ2mZj\u0026c=\u003cencoded\u003e`. Installer hosts become participants in an outbound DDoS attack while also leaking host identity to a hardcoded endpoint.","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 @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-v (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13905","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":"@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-v","purl":"pkg:npm/%40years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-v","source":"MAL-2026-13905"}],"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-2026-13905/"}