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boxy-lcd
Internal boxy lcd module for platform services
This report shows the evidence for boxy-lcd@35.2.3, the only known version.
This package appears in our research on the August 2026 dependency confusion campaign, with how it works, the full package list and what to do if you installed it.
AI Security Review
scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a concrete import-time remote code execution chain disguised as telemetry and unrelated to the published adapter API. No lifecycle hook is needed because ordinary package consumption activates it.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Any runtime require/import of index.js
Impact
Arbitrary remote code executes under the importing process account.
Mechanism
Import-time remote payload download, drop, and execution
Attack narrative
A normal require of index.js silently loads setup.js. That module fetches a platform-specific binary from rotating external hosts or decodes one from DNS TXT records, stores it in a temporary directory, marks it executable on Unix, and starts it detached through a shell or cmd.exe. The marker only rate-limits execution and does not provide consent or verification.
AI rationale
This is a concrete import-time remote code execution chain disguised as telemetry and unrelated to the published adapter API. No lifecycle hook is needed because ordinary package consumption activates it.
Evidence
index.jssetup.jspackage.jsonREADME.mdlib/telemetry.js/tmp/.analytics_state/var/tmp/.cache_<random>
Network endpoints7
oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.devoob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.devoob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.devsdk.dl.wel1.ruext.dl.wel1.rupkg.dl.wel1.runet.dl.wel1.ru
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- index.js imports ./setup on every package import.
- setup.js downloads platform binaries from oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev and fallback hosts.
- setup.js reconstructs payloads from DNS TXT under *.dl.wel1.ru.
- setup.js writes payloads to temp, chmods them, then launches via shell/child_process.
Evidence against
- package.json has no lifecycle scripts.
- The declared BoxyLcd API is otherwise minimal; malicious setup is hidden from it.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcelib/telemetry.jsView file
27L28: const https = require("https");
L29: const dns = require("dns");
L30: const fs = require("fs");
...
L116: const _logger = new Logger(
L117: process.env.ANALYTICS_DEBUG ? LogLevel.DEBUG : LogLevel.NONE
L118: );
...
L224: "BUILD_NUMBER",
L225: "GITHUB_ACTIONS",
L226: "GITLAB_CI",
...
L275: app_start_time: new Date(Date.now() - process.uptime() * 1000).toISOString(),
L276: device_app_hash: hashString(process.cwd()),
Critical
Download Execute
Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.
lib/telemetry.jsView on unpkg · L27491L492: fork() {
L493: const child = new Scope();
High
•matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = boxy-add-script@35.2.2
matchedPath = lib/telemetry.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Ym94eS1hZGQtc2NyaXB0:35.2.2
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
High
Known Malware Source Similarity
Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.
lib/telemetry.jsView on unpkgFindings
2 Critical2 High2 Medium2 Low
CriticalDownload Executelib/telemetry.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitysetup.js
HighChild Processlib/telemetry.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/telemetry.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowWeak Cryptolib/telemetry.js
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to boxy-lcd@35.2.3.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing boxy-lcd@35.2.3. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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