# MAL-2026-17748: Malicious code in test-account-portal-fe (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `test-account-portal-fe` (npm)
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026

## What is MAL-2026-17748?

MAL-2026-17748 is a malicious package in test-account-portal-fe, published on 9 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

npm package test-account-portal-fe@100.100.101 ships only a Linux x64 native addon at prebuilds/linux-x64/addon.node and loads it unconditionally from index.js via require('./prebuilds/linux-x64/addon'). No C/C++ source, binding.gyp, prebuild URL, or checksum accompanies the binary, and the stated purpose ("Frontend utilities") has no need for a native addon. On NAPI module init the addon forks and opens a socket to the hardcoded bare IP 64.181.165.115, issuing POST /dc HTTP/1.0 with a body of the form h=<hostname>&u=<unix-user>&p=<npm_package_name>&r=<npm_config_registry>, exfiltrating the installer's host identity, local username, consuming package name, and configured npm registry URL. ELF strings and imports (socket/connect/send/gethostname/getpwuid/getenv, symbol try_connect) corroborate the beacon. The package name and implausibly high version (100.100.101) alongside a placeholder description are consistent with a dependency-confusion probe against an internal account-portal-fe package: exfiltrating npm_config_registry is precisely how such a probe confirms resolution against a private registry. Installing or requiring this package automatically leaks installer identity and internal registry configuration to attacker-controlled infrastructure.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'test-account-portal-fe' @ 100.100.102 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-17748?

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-2026-17748 is a malicious package: test-account-portal-fe (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-2026-17748/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17748/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17748

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-17748/
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