MAL-2026-13651 Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-widget-impl (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-13651 is a malicious package: sme-rko-finance-front-operations-widget-impl (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-2026-13651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13651/index.md)
- Package
- sme-rko-finance-front-operations-widget-impl
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-13651?
MAL-2026-13651 is a malicious package in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-widget-impl, published on 8 Aug 2026.
Official description
index.js requires./setup on load, which selects a platform-specific binary path (linux/darwin/win32) and fetches an opaque native executable from one of several Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-*.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT base64 fallback via sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru. Destination hostnames are reconstructed at runtime from split-string arrays joined together, evading static string matching. The fetched binary is written to /tmp/.cache_<hex> on Unix or %TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows (names disguised to resemble system caches or.NET diagnostics), chmodded 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start; a /tmp/.analytics_state marker suppresses re-execution. lib/telemetry.js carries a second copy of the same spawn/chmod/base64-buffer pattern. The dropper is framed as 'analytics' telemetry with a DISABLE_TELEMETRY-style opt-out as cover. No pinning, no hash verification, and the delivery hosts do not match the declared publisher of a 'Build and deployment tools' widget package.
What should I do about MAL-2026-13651?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.