{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including easydsbots.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-14265 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-2026-14265 is a malicious package in easydsbots, published on 19 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-14265 is a malicious package: easydsbots (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-2026-14265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14265/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-14265","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14265/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-14265","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.json declares `\"postinstall\": \"sudo node install.js\"`, escalating to root on `npm install`. install.js is heavily obfuscated (obfuscator.io: rotated 140-entry string array `a0_0xdc68`, hex-encoded property lookups, control-flow flattening, self-defending stubs) so the executed behavior is deliberately hidden from installers. index.js is similarly obfuscated (rotated 164-entry string array `a0_0x53d8`, runtime base64 decoding via `Buffer[...](ertrf,...).toString()`), declares `js-virtualizer` as a runtime dependency, and reads `process.env.INVOCATION_ID` into an `isRunningAsService` flag — an environment variable set only when a process is launched by systemd. The package also depends on `node-linux`, a library that registers /etc/init.d or systemd unit files. The combination — root-level lifecycle hook, opaque payload, systemd-context branch, and a daemon-installer dependency — is the shape of an obfuscated root-persistent daemon dropper executed at install time on the installer's host.","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 easydsbots (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-14265","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":"easydsbots","purl":"pkg:npm/easydsbots","source":"MAL-2026-14265"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-19","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-2026-14265/"}