MAL-2026-14174 Malicious code in commandorjs (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14174 is a malicious package: commandorjs (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-2026-14174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14174/index.md)
- Package
- commandorjs
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14174?
MAL-2026-14174 is a malicious package in commandorjs, published on 18 Aug 2026.
Official description
[email protected] is a dropper disguised as an npm library. Its index.js exports an empty object; the only functional code is scripts/postinstall.js, which runs automatically on npm install. The postinstall script POSTs a JSON payload with platform/arch/node info to a hardcoded plain-HTTP endpoint at 193.70.34.101:20099/vote (host assembled from a split integer array). It then XOR-decodes obfuscated blobs (ADDON_ENC, BRIDGE_LAUNCHER_ENC, BRIDGE_SCRIPT_PRE_ENC, BRIDGE_SCRIPT_POST_ENC) using the 7-byte key 'stf2026' to reconstruct a github.com download URL and shell launcher commands. On Windows it downloads the decoded binary to %TEMP%/main.exe and launches it detached; on WSL/virtualized Linux it executes a decoded PowerShell-style bridge command to run the Windows payload on the host. URL and shell-command obfuscation, bare-IP plain-HTTP telemetry, write-to-temp with detached exec, and a WSL-to-Windows-host bridge together form an install-time remote-code-execution dropper.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14174?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.