{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including noblox-asset.js.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-16148 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-16148 is a malicious package in noblox-asset.js, published on 14 Sep 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-16148 is a malicious package: noblox-asset.js (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16148/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-16148","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16148/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-16148","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"noblox-asset.js impersonates the noblox.js Roblox API wrapper: package.json copies the legitimate package's description, homepage (github.com/noblox/noblox.js), and repository metadata while shipping a heavily obfuscated postinstall.mjs. On npm install, the postinstall script performs sandbox-evasion checks (recent-boot gating \u003c15 minutes, parent-process allowlist, running-process checks for x64dbg/ollydbg/ida/procmon, VirtualBox/VMware/QEMU/Xen/Parallels/Hyper-V registry/driver/MAC-OUI checks) and, on non-sandbox hosts, downloads https://trlxgames.netlify.app/TRLX.exe to os.tmpdir()/NOBLOX_CLI.exe and spawns it detached with stdio ignored and unref, so the process survives after npm exits. The download destination is unrelated to the impersonated project's publisher, the binary is unpinned and unverified, and the script uses obfuscator.io-style _0xNNNN string-array indirection to hide the flow.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in noblox-asset.js (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-16148","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"noblox-asset.js","purl":"pkg:npm/noblox-asset.js","source":"MAL-2026-16148"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-09-14","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16148/"}