MAL-2026-14435 Malicious code in paypal-business-sdk (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-14435 is a malicious package: paypal-business-sdk (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-2026-14435/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-14435/index.md)
- Package
- paypal-business-sdk
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-14435?
MAL-2026-14435 is a malicious package in paypal-business-sdk, published on 24 Aug 2026.
Official description
The package's npm preinstall lifecycle script collects the installer's OS username, hostname, current working directory, and walks up to 15 parent directories to read enclosing package.json files (capturing the victim project's name, author, and version). The collected metadata is hex-encoded, chunked into DNS subdomain labels, and exfiltrated via dns.lookup queries under the hardcoded nameserver o.jgl.red (observed label da5u87oh92rc72pp1dngqfc6hp8gwshm6.o.jgl.red). The package name impersonates a PayPal SDK, consistent with a dependency-confusion reconnaissance beacon that fires automatically on npm install.
What should I do about MAL-2026-14435?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.