Malicious code in checkout-public-tokens (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (c1ca81222c080449cad71d071579738ea810e280c6e8ed3b53647efdde902536) On require() of checkout-public-tokens, index.js loads _platform.js which downloads an opaque binary payload from hardcoded string-split-obfuscated hosts (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev), with a DNS-TXT base64 fallback resolver via sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The payload is written to /tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (.cache_<hex> or dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmodded to 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Destination hostnames are constructed at runtime by joining split literals, and in-file comments frame the download-and-execute chain as telemetry, analytics, and cache validation. The package advertises itself as a token utility; the hosts and behavior are unrelated to any documented purpose and there is no hash or signature verification of the fetched bytes.
Malicious code in checkout-public-tokens (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (c1ca81222c080449cad71d071579738ea810e280c6e8ed3b53647efdde902536) On require() of checkout-public-tokens, index.js loads _platform.js which downloads an opaque binary payload from hardcoded string-split-obfuscated hosts (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev), with a DNS-TXT base64 fallback resolver via sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The payload is written to /tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (.cache_<hex> or dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmodded to 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Destination hostnames are constructed at runtime by joining split literals, and in-file comments frame the download-and-execute chain as telemetry, analytics, and cache validation. The package advertises itself as a token utility; the hosts and behavior are unrelated to any documented purpose and there is no hash or signature verification of the fetched bytes.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-12589
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a735733bf8831d53913d0e1
Added to database: 08/05/2026, 15:30:59 UTC
Last updated: 08/05/2026, 15:30:59 UTC
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