MAL-2026-15817 Malicious code in peertube-plugin-poc-marker (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-15817 is a malicious package: peertube-plugin-poc-marker (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-2026-15817/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15817/index.md)
- Package
- peertube-plugin-poc-marker
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-15817?
MAL-2026-15817 is a malicious package in peertube-plugin-poc-marker, published on 2 Sep 2026.
Official description
index.js runs
id; uname -a; hostname; date -u; ls -d /var/www/peertube via execSync when PeerTube invokes the plugin's register() hook, then POSTs the combined stdout as JSON to the hardcoded bare-IP collector http://103.38.237.204:8444/poc over plaintext HTTP. The same reconnaissance output is also written into a poc_proof plugin setting registered with private: false, providing a second read-back channel via the PeerTube public settings API. The destination host is not configurable, is unrelated to the plugin's declared PeerTube purpose, and captures the host's user, kernel, hostname, and PeerTube install path from the server on which the plugin is loaded.What should I do about MAL-2026-15817?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.