{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including deposits-common.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12690 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-2026-12690 is a malicious package in deposits-common, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12690 is a malicious package: deposits-common (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-2026-12690/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12690/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12690","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12690/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12690","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"index.js requires./_support on module load. _support.js reconstructs obfuscated hostnames via string split-and-join (oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev) and, if HTTPS retrieval fails, falls back to a DNS-TXT covert channel under sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru, iteratively resolving numbered TXT records and base64-concatenating the chunks. The resulting bytes are written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (dotnet_diag_\u003crand\u003e.exe on Windows,.cache_\u003crand\u003e on POSIX), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via spawn(\"/bin/sh\") or spawn(\"cmd\"). No hash or signature verification is performed. The loader honors DISABLE_TELEMETRY / ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT / DO_NOT_TRACK to remain silent in sandboxes and writes a.analytics_state stamp file to gate re-execution. The delivery infrastructure is unrelated to the package's stated purpose of \"shared primitives\".","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 deposits-common (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12690","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":"deposits-common","purl":"pkg:npm/deposits-common","source":"MAL-2026-12690"}],"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-2026-12690/"}