MAL-2026-13966 Malicious code in tizen-webdriver-cli (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13966 is a malicious package: tizen-webdriver-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-2026-13966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13966/index.md)
- Package
- tizen-webdriver-cli
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13966?
MAL-2026-13966 is a malicious package in tizen-webdriver-cli, published on 13 Aug 2026.
Official description
On npm install, the package's postinstall lifecycle script collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), process.platform, process.arch, Node.js version, package name, and npm lifecycle event) and POSTs them as JSON over HTTPS to the hardcoded endpoint https://8kq1s58l.instances.poc.jchunt.top/tizen-webdriver-cli, with a 3-second timeout and errors silently swallowed. The behavior runs unconditionally at install time with no opt-in, no disclosure in normal install output, and no first-party relationship between the destination host and the package's advertised purpose (a Tizen WebDriver CLI, resembling shaka-project's generic-webdriver-server Tizen backend). The package name suggests dependency-confusion targeting of that legitimate project.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13966?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.