@ai-vertical/ai-agentnpm
@ai-vertical/ai-agent is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14070) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @ai-vertical/ai-agent (npm)
What this malware does
On require/import, index.js fetches a hardcoded GitHub Gist (gist.github.com/aiverticalsolutions/7676451d2f972137d2482c4a8937a77a) via the api.github.com gists endpoint and passes the returned file contents directly to eval(). The gist is author-controlled and mutable, so whatever code the maintainer places there executes with the privileges of any process that loads this package. The package ships with empty description and empty author metadata and contains no other functionality — the remote-eval loader is the entire module.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Malicious versions
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @ai-vertical/ai-agent (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove @ai-vertical/ai-agent from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @ai-vertical/ai-agent was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @ai-vertical/ai-agent-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.