MAL-2026-12678 Malicious code in delivery-ci-pipeline-rules (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12678 is a malicious package: delivery-ci-pipeline-rules (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-2026-12678/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12678/index.md)
- Package
- delivery-ci-pipeline-rules
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12678?
MAL-2026-12678 is a malicious package in delivery-ci-pipeline-rules, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
index.js unconditionally require()s init.js on load. init.js assembles attacker-controlled hostnames from split string fragments joined at runtime (e.g. oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev) and fetches a platform-specific executable via https.get, selecting per-platform payload paths (/pkg/package, /pkg/package.exe, /pkg/loader_mac). The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (.cache<rnd> or dotnet_diag<rnd>.exe), chmod 0755, then spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c. When HTTPS fails, _init.js falls back to a DNS-TXT covert channel over sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru, resolving c.<domain> for a chunk count, iterating 0.<domain>..N.<domain>, and base64-decoding the concatenated TXT records into the executable. Host and domain constants are string-fragmented to defeat literal scanners; execution is gated by a ~22000-second cache TTL. Installing or importing this package results in an attacker-controlled binary being fetched from non-publisher infrastructure and executed on the installer's host.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12678?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.