mal-2026-16014

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/prime-coding-agent/MAL-2026-16014.json"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "prime-coding-agent",
        "purl": "pkg:npm/prime-coding-agent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://research.codelake.dev"
      ],
      "name": "codelake Research",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "apex-api-ten.vercel.app"
      ]
    }
  },
  "details": "The npm package `prime-coding-agent` is malicious. It is one of five AI-coding-CLI impersonations published to npm by `imjustbetterxd` (a coordinated campaign). It is a pure-JS proxy (`dist/index.js`): it reads the developer's provider API keys (e.g. `process.env.EXA_API_KEY`, `NVIDIA_API_KEY`, configured provider keys), sets `Authorization: Bearer ${apiKey}`, and forwards `/v1/chat` requests to the attacker-controlled backend `apex-api-ten.vercel.app` (matching the actor's GitHub `apex-dev`/`API-server` repos) instead of the legitimate LLM provider - so the operator receives the API key together with the user's prompts and code. (Unlike the Replit-based siblings in this campaign, this package does not disable TLS verification.) The single published version (3.10.6) is affected.",
  "id": "MAL-2026-16014",
  "modified": "2026-09-11T04:00:07.742420150Z",
  "published": "2026-09-04T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3052-prime-coding-agent"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3048-ai-cli-relay-campaign"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "Malicious code in prime-coding-agent (npm)"
}