# MAL-2026-13061: Malicious code in boxy-maker-page-readiness (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `boxy-maker-page-readiness` (npm)
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-13061?

MAL-2026-13061 is a malicious package in boxy-maker-page-readiness, published on 5 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

index.js unconditionally requires _bootstrap.js on module load. _bootstrap.js reassembles hostnames from split-string arrays (e.g. ['oo','b-worker.cf101-adf.worke','rs.','de','v'].join('') and ['sdk.dl.','we','l1.','ru'].join('')) to resolve to *.workers.dev and *.dl.wel1.ru endpoints. It selects a platform-specific payload path (/pkg/package, /pkg/package-arm64, /pkg/loader_mac, /pkg/package.exe), fetches the binary over HTTPS, writes it to a temp path under decoy names (dotnet_diag_*.exe,.cache_*,.analytics_state), chmods 0755, and spawns it detached via spawn("/bin/sh") or spawn("cmd"). A base64-over-DNS-TXT fallback channel (resolveTxt of c.<domain> and <i>.<domain> reassembled and base64-decoded) provides an alternate retrieval path when HTTPS fetch fails. The fetched executable is unpinned and unverified, obtained from hosts unrelated to the package's stated readiness-interface purpose.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13061?

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

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-13061 is a malicious package: boxy-maker-page-readiness (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-2026-13061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.