MAL-2026-14234 Malicious code in commandor-lib (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14234 is a malicious package: commandor-lib (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-2026-14234/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14234/index.md)
- Package
- commandor-lib
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14234?
MAL-2026-14234 is a malicious package in commandor-lib, published on 19 Aug 2026.
Official description
The package's scripts/postinstall.js runs automatically on npm install and imports child_process alongside http.request with multiple POST call sites (lines 13, 95, 194). This pattern in a lifecycle hook — spawning subprocesses and posting data to an external HTTP endpoint at install time — is consistent with installer-side reconnaissance and exfiltration to an author-controlled destination and does not correspond to any documented purpose of a generically named library package.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14234?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.