MAL-2026-12979 Malicious code in bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-article-author (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12979 is a malicious package: bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-article-author (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-2026-12979/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12979/index.md)
- Package
- bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-article-author
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12979?
MAL-2026-12979 is a malicious package in bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-article-author, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On require of the package, index.js loads shim.js which reconstructs a set of Cloudflare Workers hostnames (oob-worker.cf101-adf/102-baf/99-9b3/103-070.workers.dev) and DNS-TXT fallback domains (sdk/ext/pkg/net.dl.wel1.ru) from array fragments joined at runtime, downloads an opaque binary over HTTPS (with a DNS-TXT chunked base64 covert channel as fallback when HTTPS egress is blocked), writes it to /tmp or the Windows temp directory under disguised names such as.cache<rnd> or dotnet_diag_<rnd>.exe, chmods it to 0755, and spawns it detached via /bin/sh -c '<path> &' or cmd /c start. Destination hostnames are obfuscated via string-split-and-join to evade static detection. Installing or importing this package results in execution of attacker-controlled native code on the host with the installer's privileges.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12979?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.