MAL-2026-13099 Malicious code in boxy-wrapper-webpack-plugin (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13099 is a malicious package: boxy-wrapper-webpack-plugin (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-2026-13099/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13099/index.md)
- Package
- boxy-wrapper-webpack-plugin
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13099?
MAL-2026-13099 is a malicious package in boxy-wrapper-webpack-plugin, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
The package's main entrypoint (index.js) unconditionally requires./compat.js, whose top-level main() reconstructs obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) and vendor-lookalike domains (sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, net.dl.wel1.ru) via array-join splits, downloads a platform-specific executable for linux/darwin/win32/arm64, writes it to /tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (e.g. dotnet_diag.exe,.cache_), chmods 0755, and detached-spawns it via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start. A DNS-TXT chunked base64 channel is used as a fallback delivery path. A second, structurally identical dropper is bundled at lib/telemetry.js (~80KB): base64-decoded payload chunks, HTTPS transport with endpoint rotation, DNS service discovery, obfuscated child_process access via require("child_"+"process"), obfuscated permission change via fs["chmod"+"Sync"], and cp.spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", filePath+" &"]). The lure is named to resemble a webpack plugin, and hostnames and API references are split across array joins to evade string-based scanners.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13099?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.