# MAL-2026-13962: Malicious code in ventra-kit (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ventra-kit` (npm)
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-13962?

MAL-2026-13962 is a malicious package in ventra-kit, published on 13 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The package's default export (module.exports = () => getPlugin()) issues an HTTPS request to a hardcoded bare-IP host at 31.97.137.157:45000/icons/116 and passes the response's `credits` field into `new Function('require','module','exports',...,'Promise', data.credits)`, executing attacker-controlled JavaScript with full Node.js capabilities (require, process, Buffer, globals). The destination URL is assembled from split protocol/separator/domain/path constants, and an unused `iconDomain` map (cloudflare/fastly/akamai) plus a `setDefaultModule` helper referencing cdnjs/font-awesome provide cover-story framing that disguises the loader as an icon CDN helper. Declared dependencies (@primno/dpapi, better-sqlite3, node-machine-id) are consistent with a Windows browser-credential stealer to be delivered as the remote payload. Any consumer that requires ventra-kit and invokes the default export receives remote code execution on the installer's machine.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13962?

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-2026-13962 is a malicious package: ventra-kit (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-2026-13962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13962/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13962

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