MAL-2026-13224 Malicious code in bigops-microfrontend (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13224 is a malicious package: bigops-microfrontend (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-2026-13224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13224/index.md)
- Package
- bigops-microfrontend
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13224?
MAL-2026-13224 is a malicious package in bigops-microfrontend, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
index.js unconditionally requires./shim on load. shim.js reconstructs a set of C2 hostnames from split-string arrays (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, cf101-adf, cf102-baf, cf103-070.workers.dev), selects a platform-keyed endpoint for linux/darwin/win32, downloads an opaque native binary over HTTPS with a DNS-TXT fallback channel (c.<domain> for chunk count, i.<domain> for base64 chunks under *.dl.wel1.ru), writes it to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguising names such as.cache<rand> and dotnet_diag<rand>.exe, chmods it 0755, and spawns it detached via /bin/sh -c '<path> &' or cmd. The behavior fires on any require() of the package, giving full arbitrary code execution on the installer's host. lib/telemetry.js additionally bundles a parallel dropper implementation with the same HTTPS+DNS-TXT service discovery, base64 chunk assembly, chmod 0755, and detached shell spawn, framed as an analytics SDK; it is not on the auto-execute path in this tarball but ships the same attack machinery. The destination hostnames are obfuscated via split-string concatenation and the Windows drop name impersonates a.NET diagnostic tool.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13224?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.