MAL-2026-14041 Malicious code in @demopack/www (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14041 is a malicious package: @demopack/www (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-2026-14041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14041/index.md)
- Package
- @demopack/www
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14041?
MAL-2026-14041 is a malicious package in @demopack/www, published on 14 Aug 2026.
Official description
Package.json describes the package as 'Static assets distribution', but the shipped HTML/JS is an iOS-version-gated payload loader. js/index.js unconditionally appends a <script> tag loading https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@cdnshell/loader/a188ps10.js (an unrelated npm scope, no integrity attribute) into the page. 01_iframe.js gates on an iOS user-agent and appends a hidden 0x0 iframe to https://unpkg.com/@themepack/dark/ah3zhsl.html?t=<timestamp> (also an unrelated scope). 02_probe.js computes the iOS build number and selects per-iOS-version 'lanes' (iOS 15.2-17.x) executed inside a Worker; in-code Chinese comments explicitly describe primitive injection, sandbox status, and running attack code via Worker ('真实原语注入模块经 Worker 跑攻击代码'), with gate-exit branches for Mac desktop / older versions. Non-iOS visitors are silently ignored; iOS visitors receive the hidden iframe delivering remote HTML. The publisher scope (@demopack) is unrelated to the scopes hosting the loaded code (@cdnshell, @themepack). A developer who integrates these assets into their site would serve a drive-by iOS exploit chain to their end users. There are no lifecycle scripts, so the harm is not to the npm installer directly, but to the visitors of any site that ships these assets; the advertised purpose is a cover story for browser-side exploit delivery.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14041?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.