MAL-2026-13635 Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-fee (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13635 is a malicious package: sme-rko-finance-front-operations-fee (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-2026-13635/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13635/index.md)
- Package
- sme-rko-finance-front-operations-fee
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13635?
MAL-2026-13635 is a malicious package in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-fee, published on 8 Aug 2026.
Official description
The package's main entry (
./lib/telemetry) and its _vendor.js module execute a binary dropper at require/import time. Hostnames and API identifiers are reconstructed from split-string arrays to evade static search — for example ["oob-worker.cf103-070.worke","rs.d","ev"].join("") and require("child_"+"process") / fs["chmod"+"Sync"]. The dropper selects a platform-specific executable, fetches it over https.get from anonymous Cloudflare workers.dev origins (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, cf100-416.workers.dev, cf99-9b3.workers.dev, cf101-adf.workers.dev), with a base64 DNS-TXT fallback channel over *.dl.wel1.ru (e.g. sdk.dl.wel1.ru). The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp/.cache_<hex> on Linux or %TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows, chmod 0755 is applied, and the file is spawned detached via /bin/sh -c "<path> &" or cmd /c start /b. A parallel dropper path inside lib/telemetry.js performs the same fetch → base64-decode → chmod +x → detached spawn sequence. No pinning, no signature verification, and mutable anonymous hosts. Installing or requiring the package results in remote code execution on the installer's host.What should I do about MAL-2026-13635?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.