MAL-2026-13083 Malicious code in boxy-sitree (npm)

Malicious package Published
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.

Sources

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