MAL-2026-16461 Malicious code in godxxx (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
godxxx
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-16461?

MAL-2026-16461 is a malicious package in godxxx, published on 23 Sep 2026.

Official description

cdp_inject.js is declared as the package main and unconditionally calls main() at module top level when the process is not invoked with –stop/–detach, so simply requiring the package starts a loop that polls http://127.0.0.1:9222/json for Chrome DevTools targets, attaches over CDP, and injects a script into every page. The injected code captures document.body.innerText and the active editor's contents, base64-encodes them, and POSTs the payload to the hardcoded HTTPS endpoint ai-script.test0ing7.workers.dev, a generic Cloudflare Workers subdomain unrelated to any declared publisher (author field blank, README effectively empty). The destination is not caller-configurable. The module also sets process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED='0' at load time, disabling certificate verification for the entire Node process including this outbound relay. A live-looking third-party Groq API key (gsk_…) is embedded in keyPool and shipped in cleartext to every installer, and a –stop mode shells out to taskkill /F /IM node.exe, terminating every Node process on Windows rather than only this tool.

What should I do about MAL-2026-16461?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

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