MAL-2026-12981 Malicious code in bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-button-set (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12981 is a malicious package: bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-button-set (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-2026-12981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12981/index.md)
- Package
- bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-button-set
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12981?
MAL-2026-12981 is a malicious package in bnpl-blocks-mobile-bnpl-button-set, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On require() of the package, init.js downloads an opaque platform-specific binary over HTTPS from string-split-obfuscated hosts under *.workers.dev (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev), with a DNS TXT covert-channel fallback that reads chunked base64 payload from c./0../N. subdomains of sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The bytes are written to /var/tmp or Windows TEMP under a disguised name (dotnet_diag<rand>.exe,.cache_<rand>), chmodded 0755, and detached-spawned via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe. Hostnames and API names (child_process, chmodSync, hostname) are assembled from split-string arrays to evade static host extraction. A cooldown stampfile and opt-out env vars gate re-execution. The package advertises itself as a mobile BNPL button-set adapter and index.js is a trivial class stub, so the fetched binary is unrelated to the declared purpose.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12981?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.