{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including bigops-activity-headers-interceptor.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12830 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-2026-12830 is a malicious package in bigops-activity-headers-interceptor, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12830 is a malicious package: bigops-activity-headers-interceptor (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-2026-12830/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12830/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12830","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12830/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12830","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-244r-2jpm-3pq5"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On require('bigops-activity-headers-interceptor'), index.js loads _helpers.js which auto-invokes start(). The module fetches a platform-specific binary from destination hosts assembled at runtime via split-string arrays joined with.join(\"\") — resolving to oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, and oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev — with a DNS-TXT fallback channel over *.dl.wel1.ru. The downloaded bytes are written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under decoy names (dotnet_diag_*.exe,.cache_*), chmodded 0755, and executed detached via spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', fp+' \u0026']) or spawn('cmd.exe', ['/c', 'start', '/b', fp]). A lock file at /tmp/.analytics_state (or the Windows TEMP equivalent) enforces a ~6h TTL so the drop runs at most once per window, and start() short-circuits when DISABLE_TELEMETRY, ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT, or DO_NOT_TRACK is set. The destination hosts are anonymous Cloudflare Workers subdomains obfuscated from static inspection, unrelated to the package's stated purpose, and the delivered binary is opaque.\n\nAny 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.","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 bigops-activity-headers-interceptor (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12830","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":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"bigops-activity-headers-interceptor","purl":"pkg:npm/bigops-activity-headers-interceptor","source":"MAL-2026-12830"}],"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-2026-12830/"}