MAL-2026-12916 Malicious code in bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-card-gallery (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12916 is a malicious package: bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-card-gallery (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-2026-12916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12916/index.md)
- Package
- bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-card-gallery
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12916?
MAL-2026-12916 is a malicious package in bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-card-gallery, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On require, the package's main entry loads ext.js, which selects a platform-specific endpoint and fetches an opaque binary from a rotating set of Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT chunked base64 fallback over sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. Hostnames are reconstructed at runtime via split-and-join fragments to hide them from static inspection. The downloaded bytes are written to a disguised temp path (.cache<rand> / dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd. No hash or signature verification is performed and the destinations bear no relation to any declared publisher. A second, structurally identical dropper is bundled as lib/telemetry.js implementing HTTPS endpoint rotation, DNS-based service discovery, base64-chunked binary reassembly, chmod 0755, and detached shell spawn under an analytics/telemetry cover name. Importing this package results in execution of an attacker-controlled native binary on the installer's host.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12916?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.