MAL-2026-14025 Malicious code in alelo-payment (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14025 is a malicious package: alelo-payment (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-2026-14025/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14025/index.md)
- Package
- alelo-payment
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14025?
MAL-2026-14025 is a malicious package in alelo-payment, published on 14 Aug 2026.
Official description
On npm install, preinstall.js collects hostname, username, platform, cwd, and the full process.env and POSTs the payload over HTTPS (with TLS verification disabled via rejectUnauthorized:false) to a hardcoded bare IP at 209.99.185.109/preinstall. A postinstall path additionally reads.env,../.env,../../.env,.npmrc, and package.json from the install directory, captures whoami/id output and the full process.env, and POSTs the bundle to 209.99.185.109/postinstall with TLS verification disabled..npmrc contains npm _authToken values and.env typically holds CI/CD secrets and cloud credentials. A bundled PowerShell artifact references publishing under npm account [email protected] and the package name and 99.0.0 version resemble a typosquat / dependency-confusion lure targeting an internal Alelo utility, with no legitimate functionality shipped.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14025?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4whx-hjpv-g8xf.