MAL-2026-15902 Malicious code in peertube-plugin-video-views-counter (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-15902 is a malicious package: peertube-plugin-video-views-counter (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-2026-15902/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-15902/index.md)
- Package
- peertube-plugin-video-views-counter
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-15902?
MAL-2026-15902 is a malicious package in peertube-plugin-video-views-counter, published on 4 Sep 2026.
Official description
plugin.js contains a top-level IIFE that spawns bash with a /dev/tcp reverse-shell loop to the hardcoded host 45.137.222.44:4444, detached and unref'd, executing whenever PeerTube loads the plugin module. The same file registers a POST /cmd route on the plugin's HTTP router that passes a caller-supplied
cmd field directly to child_process.exec with shell '/bin/bash' and returns stdout/stderr, with no authentication or allowlist. The reverse-shell code is labeled as a background sync worker (keeps view history storage warm) and its function is named connect, but performs no view-counting work. Together these give the remote host at 45.137.222.44 and any HTTP client able to reach the plugin router full interactive shell access on the PeerTube server.What should I do about MAL-2026-15902?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.