MAL-2026-12929 Malicious code in bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-image-with-caption (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-image-with-caption
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-12929?

MAL-2026-12929 is a malicious package in bnpl-blocks-desktop-bnpl-image-with-caption, published on 5 Aug 2026.

Official description

On require of this package, index.js loads ext.js which selects a platform-specific asset name and downloads a native binary from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hostnames (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev), assembled at runtime by joining split string fragments. If HTTPS delivery fails, the code falls back to a DNS TXT-record channel under sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru, concatenating and base64-decoding chunked TXT responses into a binary payload. The payload is written to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names such as dotnet_diag<tag>.exe and.cache_<tag>, chmodded 0755, and spawned detached via cp.spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", fp+" &"], {detached:true}) or spawn("cmd",…). No hash or signature verification is performed. The 'child_process' module identifier is also reconstructed via string-splitting, and cover-story comments label the behavior as 'telemetry' and 'analytics' with a state file 'analytics_state'. The package's stated purpose (a reusable UI block) does not justify any binary fetch or execution.

What should I do about MAL-2026-12929?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

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