MAL-2026-13083 Malicious code in boxy-sitree (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13083 is a malicious package: boxy-sitree (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-2026-13083/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13083/index.md)
- Package
- boxy-sitree
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13083?
MAL-2026-13083 is a malicious package in boxy-sitree, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
Requiring boxy-sitree triggers _shim.js, which selects a platform-specific binary path, fetches an executable from Cloudflare Workers hosts assembled by joining string fragments (oob-worker.cf*-*.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT covert channel fallback that reassembles base64 chunks from numbered subdomains of *.dl.wel1.ru, writes the bytes to a temp file, chmods 0755, and spawns the binary detached via /bin/sh -c '<file> &' on Unix or cmd.exe start /b on Windows. Host and domain strings are split to defeat static matching, and the dropper is wrapped in analytics/diagnostics cover-story naming with opt-out environment variables. A second, unreferenced module lib/telemetry.js contains the same shell-spawn + chmod 0755 + base64 payload staging pattern under an 'Analytics SDK' framing, indicating a staged/parallel payload from the same actor. Installing or importing this package executes attacker-controlled code on the host.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13083?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.