Malicious code in rollup-packages-node-polyfills (npm)
The package is a typosquat of rollup-plugin-polyfill-node. On require() of the main entry (dist/index.js), a base64-encoded command npm install cors-update --no-save --silent --no-audit --no-fund is decoded and passed to child_process.spawn with stdio:'ignore' and windowsHide:true. When the install child exits, the code then base64-decodes the module name cors-update, dynamically requires it, and invokes .getPlugin()(), executing whatever code that separately-published package ships. The command string and the target module name are both stored as base64 literals to evade plain-text scanners. The package's advertised purpose (a Rollup Node polyfills plugin) does not require installing or executing any other npm package at import time.
MAL-2026-12428 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
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Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rollup-packages-node-polyfills | — | — |
References
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