# MAL-2026-14045: Malicious code in @ferudionz/webautomation (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@ferudionz/webautomation` (npm)
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-14045?

MAL-2026-14045 is a malicious package in @ferudionz/webautomation, published on 14 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The npm package @ferudionz/webautomation exposes a single function connet(x) whose sole behavior is to POST the caller-supplied argument to a hardcoded remote URL. The entire index.js is wrapped in an obfuscator.io-style RC4 string-array (`_0x25ec=[...]`) with a self-defending anti-debug IIFE (`_0x320e22();`) that runs at require time. The destination URL is reconstructed at runtime from ~13 concatenated RC4-decoded fragments, hiding it from static inspection. The package ships no README documenting a legitimate service endpoint, has empty author metadata, and describes itself only as a generic 'logger tool'. The package name and its documented usage suggest the argument passed to connet() is a wallet/account identifier, meaning caller-supplied identifiers are silently exfiltrated to an undisclosed author-controlled destination. The combination of a hidden destination, anti-debug wrapper, and a package that presents itself under an unrelated cover story is inconsistent with legitimate logger/webautomation libraries.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-14045?

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-2026-14045 is a malicious package: @ferudionz/webautomation (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-2026-14045/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14045/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14045

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14045/
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