MAL-2026-12576 Malicious code in checkout-mobile-input-email (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12576 is a malicious package: checkout-mobile-input-email (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12576/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12576/index.md)
- Package
- checkout-mobile-input-email
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12576?
MAL-2026-12576 is a malicious package in checkout-mobile-input-email, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On require('checkout-mobile-input-email'), index.js loads helpers.js which assembles hostnames via string-array.join("") (e.g. ["oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.","dev"].join(""), ["oob-","worker.cf102-baf.workers.d","ev"].join(""), and ['sdk.dl.wel1.','ru'].join("")) to reach oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, and DNS-TXT fallback resolvers under *.dl.wel1.ru. A platform-specific binary is downloaded, written to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (.cache<hex>,.analytics_state, dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmod'd 0755, and spawned detached via spawn("/bin/sh",…) with fp+' &' or via cmd.exe /c start /b at _helpers.js line 121-139. Destination hostnames are anonymous Cloudflare Workers subdomains unrelated to any legitimate 'checkout mobile input email' functionality; the base64/DNS-TXT fallback resolver path constitutes a secondary exfil/download channel. A large sibling bundle lib/telemetry.js (~81 KB) ships in the tarball but is not require()'d from the traced modules; the executed native binary may reference or replace it.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12576?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.