# MAL-2026-18183: Malicious code in @conduitops/logview-archive (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@conduitops/logview-archive` (npm)
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2026

## What is MAL-2026-18183?

MAL-2026-18183 is a malicious package in @conduitops/logview-archive, published on 22 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

On install, package.json's postinstall hook runs install.js, which invokes `npm install @conduit/logview-cli@2.2.0 --registry <URL>` where the registry URL is stored as a base64+XOR-masked string in lib/toolchain.json and decoded in memory by lib/origin.js (XOR key `c0ndu1t-ops`). The decoded destination is a plain-HTTP bare IP (http://139.196.94.195:8080/dl/npm/), not the public npm registry, a known publisher host, or an internal-DNS name consistent with the package's self-claimed `conduit.internal` provenance. npm will fetch and execute the lifecycle scripts of whatever package the attacker serves at that endpoint, giving arbitrary install-time code execution on the installer's host. A comment in lib/origin.js states the masking is intended so the downloaded package `carries no readable address`, confirming the concealment is deliberate rather than incidental.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-18183?

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-2026-18183 is a malicious package: @conduitops/logview-archive (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-2026-18183/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18183/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18183

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-18183/
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