{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including lodahsjs.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14181 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-14181 is a malicious package in lodahsjs, published on 18 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14181 is a malicious package: lodahsjs (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14181/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14181/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14181","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14181/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14181","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"Package name typosquats 'lodash'; index.js exports nothing. scripts/postinstall.js runs at install time and performs two hostile actions. First, it POSTs a platform label (including a WSL/virtualized-Linux probe reading /proc/version and /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease) to a hardcoded bare-IP C2 assembled from an array of octets: http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote. Second, an XOR-obfuscated URL (byte array ADDON_ENC decoded with key 'stf2026') resolves to https://github.com/bebraz1/qPzM50V1AKG0rVlH/releases/download/null/main.exe; the script downloads that binary to %TEMP%\\main.exe and spawns it detached on Windows, and on WSL hosts assembles an XOR-decoded PowerShell command (BRIDGE_LAUNCHER_ENC/BRIDGE_SCRIPT_PRE_ENC/BRIDGE_SCRIPT_POST_ENC) passed to child_process.exec with windowsHide:true to fetch and run the same binary on the Windows side. The package has no legitimate functionality; the postinstall script's only purpose is to select victims and land an alien Windows executable from an unrelated personal GitHub account.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in lodahsjs (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14181","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"lodahsjs","purl":"pkg:npm/lodahsjs","source":"MAL-2026-14181"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14181/"}