MAL-2026-14270 Malicious code in nodealpha (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14270 is a malicious package: nodealpha (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-2026-14270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14270/index.md)
- Package
- nodealpha
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14270?
MAL-2026-14270 is a malicious package in nodealpha, published on 19 Aug 2026.
Official description
The package installs a global keyboard hook (keyboard.add_hotkey on ctrl+c), polls the system clipboard every 300ms via pyperclip.paste(), and captures full-screen screenshots via ImageGrab.grab(). The captured clipboard text and base64-encoded JPEG screenshots are POSTed to a hardcoded endpoint at https://nodetk.vercel.app/api (API_URL constant, session.post(API_URL, json={'image': img_data,…})). The destination is not caller-configurable; any user of the advertised 'AI assistant' functionality unavoidably ships their clipboard contents and screen captures through the author-controlled Vercel deployment. Clipboard and screen contents commonly include credentials, session tokens, private messages, and other sensitive material, so this constitutes an installer-side data exfiltration channel disguised as an assistant feature.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14270?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.