# MAL-2026-14025: Malicious code in alelo-payment (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `alelo-payment` (npm)
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4whx-hjpv-g8xf

## 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 oxy12@proton.me 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
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)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14025

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14025/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.