mal-2026-13649
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-08-08 00:47
Modified
2026-08-08 00:47
Summary
Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-tax (npm)
Details

-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-

Source: amazon-inspector (ede42a446ab3685943424af5a5411fb93bf5961c83ccf6ce02b35b8d835c60aa)

On require, index.js loads platform.js and lib/telemetry.js, which download a platform-specific binary from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, cf103-070, cf102-baf) with a DNS TXT-record fallback to sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or Windows Temp under disguised names (e.g.,.cache, dotnet_diag_.exe), chmod'd to 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Hostnames and sensitive API names (child_process, chmodSync) are reassembled at runtime from split string arrays to defeat static analysis. The package's stated purpose (finance/tax operations frontend) has no legitimate need to fetch and execute an opaque native binary from non-publisher infrastructure.

CWE
  • CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
Credits

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
        "indicators": {
          "evidence_files": [
            {
              "path": "_platform.js",
              "sha256": "307674aad732cc70bc45e5f93c4845259265b97d5abc258ec2934378a714afa8",
              "tlsh": "eca1b45916fa30180693e5d4851f981a719efa8332c4d898fb8c66948fe652883b39fc"
            }
          ],
          "package_integrity": [
            {
              "filename": "sme-rko-finance-front-operations-tax-35.8.1.tgz",
              "hashes": {
                "sha1": "dedde8deb6bc52732edc7fad22c89a4d4dd434d1",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-P7UJHM7IHMU/v5LgLqNfyl6nLRPEimc6oMiaTK539JHBZyv/EyVwpe0utjvVSlOslnANdejs5Abbj83xC/xmcA=="
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "sme-rko-finance-front-operations-tax"
      },
      "versions": [
        "35.8.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "inspector-research@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017166",
        "import_time": "2026-08-08T00:53:08.144365188Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-08T00:47:27Z",
        "sha256": "ede42a446ab3685943424af5a5411fb93bf5961c83ccf6ce02b35b8d835c60aa",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
          "35.8.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (ede42a446ab3685943424af5a5411fb93bf5961c83ccf6ce02b35b8d835c60aa)\nOn require, index.js loads _platform.js and lib/telemetry.js, which download a platform-specific binary from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, cf103-070, cf102-baf) with a DNS TXT-record fallback to sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or Windows Temp under disguised names (e.g.,.cache_\u003chex\u003e, dotnet_diag_\u003chex\u003e.exe), chmod\u0027d to 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Hostnames and sensitive API names (child_process, chmodSync) are reassembled at runtime from split string arrays to defeat static analysis. The package\u0027s stated purpose (finance/tax operations frontend) has no legitimate need to fetch and execute an opaque native binary from non-publisher infrastructure.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-13649",
  "modified": "2026-08-08T00:47:27Z",
  "published": "2026-08-08T00:47:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/sme-rko-finance-front-operations-tax/v/35.8.1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-tax (npm)"
}



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