# MAL-2026-13959: Malicious code in prediction-trader (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `prediction-trader` (npm)
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-13959?

MAL-2026-13959 is a malicious package in prediction-trader, published on 13 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

index.js contacts a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at 31.97.137.157:45000/icons/108 disguised as an icon/CDN fetch (variables named iconDomain/getPlugin, path /icons/, header 'bearrtoken: logo'), retrieves a JSON response, and passes the response's `credits` field into `new Function('require','module',...,data.credits)` invoked with full Node capabilities (require, module, process, Buffer, globals). Any consumer that loads the package and invokes the default export executes arbitrary attacker-controlled JavaScript delivered from that endpoint. The cover-story naming (unused setDefaultModule referencing cdnjs/cloudflare decoy domains) conflicts with the README's benign trading-library description. The declared dependencies (node-machine-id, @primno/dpapi, better-sqlite3) are consistent with wallet and browser-cookie stealer tooling and provide primitives the remotely fetched code can leverage.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13959?

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-2026-13959 is a malicious package: prediction-trader (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-2026-13959/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13959/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13959

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