MAL-2026-2907 Malicious code in nj-logger (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-2907 is a malicious package: nj-logger (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-2026-2907/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-2907/index.md)
- Package
- nj-logger
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-2907?
MAL-2026-2907 is a malicious package in nj-logger, published on 16 Apr 2026.
Official description
nj-logger is a malicious npm package that when imported in file dist/logger/telemetry.js downloads a trojan (for Windows only, W64.AIDetectMalware / Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen) from http://178.128.88[.]40:8080/download/svc to path node_modules/.cache/nj-logger/nj-transport-win32-x64.node and executes it. Downloader is obfuscated as telemetry module, urls & paths are base64 and XOR encoded.
The package nj-logger was found to contain malicious code.
What should I do about MAL-2026-2907?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.