MAL-2026-16442 Malicious code in moudeva (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-16442 is a malicious package: moudeva (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-2026-16442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-16442/index.md)
- Package
- moudeva
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-16442?
MAL-2026-16442 is a malicious package in moudeva, published on 23 Sep 2026.
Official description
The package's main.js references child_process at multiple locations (lines 19, 883, 961) alongside HTTP POST calls (lines 365, 369) to a hardcoded endpoint https://ipc.shadxino.internal (referenced at lines 359 and 453). The.internal TLD is not a publicly registrable domain and is consistent with an attacker-controlled or otherwise non-legitimate destination that resolves only in a controlled network context. The co-location of a shell/process-execution primitive with an unconditional POST to a fixed non-standard host inside a single module matches the shape of installer-side command execution and data exfiltration.
What should I do about MAL-2026-16442?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.