MAL-2026-16174 Malicious code in alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-16174 is a malicious package: alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf (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-2026-16174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16174/index.md)
- Package
- alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-16174?
MAL-2026-16174 is a malicious package in alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf, published on 15 Sep 2026.
Official description
Package declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js on npm install. The script collects hostname, username, homedir, DNS servers, cwd, and the full package.json, and POSTs them to https://l2ha5tswnm71286wnjgrngvb4tyejmdpe.i.dr0gas.com via https.request. It additionally serializes the entire process.env with JSON.stringify(process.env) and POSTs it to the same host's /exf path via fetch. On CI and developer machines the environment routinely contains credentials (npm/AWS/GCP tokens, CI secrets), so this bulk env transmission constitutes credential harvesting. The package name and behavior are consistent with a dependency-confusion beacon.
What should I do about MAL-2026-16174?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.