MAL-2026-15854 Malicious code in @quantixfinance/token (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-15854 is a malicious package: @quantixfinance/token (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-2026-15854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15854/index.md)
- Package
- @quantixfinance/token
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-15854?
MAL-2026-15854 is a malicious package in @quantixfinance/token, published on 3 Sep 2026.
Official description
The package's preinstall lifecycle script enumerates process.env and collects any variable whose name matches credential-shaped keywords (key, secret, token, pass, mnemonic, seed, private, wallet, rpc, infura, alchemy, database, api, and similar), augments the payload with hostname, cwd, and Node version, and POSTs the JSON body to a hardcoded remote endpoint. The destination is obfuscated as the integer literal 759017974, which Node's http.request coerces to IPv4 45.60.227.246, on port 61289. The package's index.js exports no-op token functions with no real functionality, so the preinstall exfiltration is the entire payload behind a stub cover story.
What should I do about MAL-2026-15854?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.