MAL-2026-14174 Malicious code in commandorjs (npm)

Malicious package Published
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.

Sources

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