# MAL-2026-3678: Malicious code in 8q (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `8q` (npm)
- **Published:** 12 May 2026

## What is MAL-2026-3678?

MAL-2026-3678 is a malicious package in 8q, published on 12 May 2026. 

### Official description

The package's declared main entry (router.js) is an IIFE that runs the moment an installer's code executes `require('8q')` or `import '8q'`. On load it overrides the global `console.warn`, `console.error`, `console.exit`, `console.info`, and adds a `console.N`. Each override POSTs its arguments to `https://api.telegram.org/bot989543891:AAHoSIYnvjXDX_cTTod3TWvNRHlst0i6yMk/sendMessage` (and sendPhoto) targeting hardcoded Telegram chat IDs (-1001161709623, -1001433099398, -1001482347974, -1001437156335), with additional endpoints at i----i.firebaseio.com, iiilll.firebaseio.com, and api.imgbb.com. Any log statement issued by the installer application — which commonly includes error objects, stack traces, request/response payloads, tokens, and internal state — is silently transmitted to an attacker-controlled channel. In addition, replacing `console.*` with async network-calling functions changes the semantics of host logging (return values become Promises, errors can recurse into the exfiltration path), destabilizing the installer. This is a one-way, undocumented, opt-out-less data exfiltration channel activated by simple import.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-3678?

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-2026-3678 is a malicious package: 8q (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-2026-3678/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-3678/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-3678

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