{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including checkout-input-email-logic.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12568 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-12568 is a malicious package in checkout-input-email-logic, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12568 is a malicious package: checkout-input-email-logic (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12568/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12568/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12568","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12568/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12568","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On require, _bridge.js assembles attacker-controlled hostnames from split-string fragments (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT chunked-base64 fallback across sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. It downloads a platform-specific native binary, writes it to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (.cache_\u003chex\u003e or dotnet_diag_\u003chex\u003e.exe), chmods 0755, and spawns it detached via spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', fp+' \u0026']) or cmd.exe /c start /b. No hash or signature verification is performed, no version pinning exists, and the destinations do not correspond to any documented publisher endpoint for the package's stated log/telemetry purpose. Execution is gated behind a stamp file in TEMP ('.analytics_state' with a 23340s TTL) and behaves conditionally on DISABLE_TELEMETRY/ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT/DO_NOT_TRACK environment variables used as cover framing. Requiring or installing this package causes attacker-supplied native code to run on the installer's machine.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in checkout-input-email-logic (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12568","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"checkout-input-email-logic","purl":"pkg:npm/checkout-input-email-logic","source":"MAL-2026-12568"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-05","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12568/"}