# MAL-2026-17434: Malicious code in live-detection-dashboard (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `live-detection-dashboard` (npm)
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17434?

MAL-2026-17434 is a malicious package in live-detection-dashboard, published on 30 Sep 2026. 

### Official description

live-detection-dashboard is a dependency-confusion package: it takes a name that looks like an internal project, uses an inflated version (100.0.0) so it outranks private-registry versions, and runs `node setup.js || true` as a preinstall script on npm install. setup.js sends the hostname, username, working directory, OS, architecture, Node.js version and configured npm registry, with a per-package tracking token, in an HTTPS POST to `https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook`. The npm account amel10 published live-detection-dashboard and 9 similar packages within two minutes on 2026-09-30, all with the same setup.js.

The package's `preinstall` lifecycle script fires automatically on `npm install` and issues an HTTPS POST to the hardcoded endpoint https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook, carrying a JSON body composed of installer-side identifiers: os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), process.platform, process.arch, the Node.js version, and the configured npm registry, along with a static token. The advertised functionality of the package is a trivial random-hex helper, which does not require network activity or host/user identifiers, and the data flow is neither documented nor caller-configurable. The destination is an author-controlled AWS API Gateway. Package version 100.0.0 combined with a minimal declared purpose and an install-time beacon is consistent with a dependency-confusion / reconnaissance payload targeting internal build environments.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17434?

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

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-17434 is a malicious package: live-detection-dashboard (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-2026-17434/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17434/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17434

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