MAL-2026-14235 Malicious code in config-helper-kit (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14235 is a malicious package: config-helper-kit (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-2026-14235/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14235/index.md)
- Package
- config-helper-kit
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14235?
MAL-2026-14235 is a malicious package in config-helper-kit, published on 19 Aug 2026.
Official description
[email protected] exposes a default function getPlugin that issues an HTTPS request to a hardcoded bare-IP host (https://31.97.137.157:45000/icons/109) and passes the returned data.credits field into
new Function('require','module',...), executing attacker-controlled JavaScript in the caller's Node.js process with require and module injected. The file also ships an unused helper referencing legitimate CDN hostnames (cloudflare, fastly, akamai, cdnjs) and uses icon/logo/credits naming, while the actual network target is a bare IP unrelated to any CDN. The package's README advertises it as a TypeScript/Tailwind config helper; the remote-code-fetch-and-execute behavior is undocumented and unrelated to that purpose. Any consumer that imports and invokes the default export grants the operator of 31.97.137.157:45000 arbitrary code execution on the installer's host.What should I do about MAL-2026-14235?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.