{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including vexium-kit.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-13963 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-2026-13963 is a malicious package in vexium-kit, published on 13 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-13963 is a malicious package: vexium-kit (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-2026-13963/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13963/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-13963","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13963/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-13963","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On require, index.js issues an HTTPS request to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint https://31.97.137.157:45000/icons/116 and passes the response's `credits` field to `new Function('require','module',...,'Promise', data.credits)`, executing operator-controlled JavaScript with `require`, `process`, and `Buffer` in scope. The remote-eval sink is named `getPlugin`, accompanied by an unused `setDefaultModule` decoy referencing font-awesome CDN paths, while the README advertises the package as a zero-dependency utility toolkit. Declared dependencies (`@primno/dpapi`, `better-sqlite3`, `sqlite3`, `node-machine-id`) match the toolkit shape used to decrypt Chromium DPAPI-protected cookies/passwords and read browser Login Data databases, indicating the operator-supplied payload's intended follow-on capability against the installer.","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 vexium-kit (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-13963","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":"vexium-kit","purl":"pkg:npm/vexium-kit","source":"MAL-2026-13963"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-13","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-2026-13963/"}