MAL-2026-13653 Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-payment-registers-operations-domain (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
sme-rko-finance-front-payment-registers-operations-domain
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-13653?

MAL-2026-13653 is a malicious package in sme-rko-finance-front-payment-registers-operations-domain, published on 8 Aug 2026.

Official description

index.js unconditionally loads runtime.js on require. runtime.js detects the host OS and architecture, then downloads an opaque platform-matched binary over HTTPS from hardcoded Cloudflare workers.dev subdomains (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev). If HTTPS retrieval fails, it falls back to a DNS-TXT covert channel under *.dl.wel1.ru, requesting a chunk-count TXT record at c.<domain> and then reassembling base64-encoded payload chunks from N.<domain> TXT queries. The reassembled bytes are written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised filename (.cache<rand> or dotnet_diag<rand>.exe mimicking a.NET diagnostic tool), chmodded 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Both the CDN hostnames and the fallback resolver domains are constructed by Array.join of split fragments to evade string scanning. The delivered binary is unpinned, unverified, opaque, and served from anonymous edge-worker infrastructure and a.ru DNS channel unrelated to any legitimate publisher of a finance/payment-registers package.

What should I do about MAL-2026-13653?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

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