MAL-2026-13868

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x/MAL-2026-13868.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-13868
Published
2026-08-12T12:14:55Z
Modified
2026-08-12T12:30:17.953204676Z
Summary
Malicious code in @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (6db9e566808d6a2ce38311e17939cd39ba94fc191cf5c44ab7b08b369840ba08)

Package presents itself as an n8n utility helper but ships a 213-byte stub node and a hostile postinstall (node callback.js). On npm install, callback.js fetches two tarballs (impacket.tgz, pyroxy.tgz) over HTTPS with TLS verification disabled from jasabersama.id/assets/cache/.theme-backup/dl/, extracts them into the installer's Python user site-packages so any subsequent Python import runs attacker-controlled code, and probes /tmp/mhddos/start.py (MHDDoS DDoS tooling). The same script collects id and hostname command output plus install-step status, base64-encodes the buffer, and sends it via HTTPS GET to https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php as a URL parameter, indexing compromised hosts. The declared package purpose does not match the shipped behavior; the host is publisher-mismatched and TLS verification is disabled.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017390",
            "import_time": "2026-08-12T12:24:08.798921294Z",
            "sha256": "6db9e566808d6a2ce38311e17939cd39ba94fc191cf5c44ab7b08b369840ba08",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-12T12:14:55Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x

Package

Name
@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x/MAL-2026-13868.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "callback.js",
            "tlsh": "f54155b912619235803272789f1bdd6ae66fb20354d5b9c9f24c43732f1282c5e1aab8",
            "sha256": "5210b59af493bc28c93fb1b6d76b888887b673943f7e945f32e1a277fcc3acdd"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "n8n-nodes-utils-helper-x-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "e0f06cc8b44d0cda56541675d7e112ccb20cc3d2",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-i60ap78bFd/jZCPB4Ax3P2QkLdk/0NhN7kRoDBd/yjLKywCZw5qE9VInje3q9viidVsND+PQot9bxG7D/QFxpQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}