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boxy-live
Shared boxy live library for backend integration
This report shows the evidence for boxy-live@35.8.6, 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-aiThe package’s minimal public API does not justify its unconditional covert native payload loader. No install hook is needed because the behavior activates on ordinary import.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Any runtime require/import of the package entrypoint.
Impact
Unconsented arbitrary native code execution under the importing process user.
Mechanism
Remote binary download, temporary-file staging, and detached execution.
Attack narrative
The advertised entrypoint silently requires _loader.js. On import it contacts obfuscated remote hosts or DNS TXT records for a platform-specific binary, stores a cooldown marker, writes the payload to a temporary path, makes it executable on Unix, and runs it detached via a shell or cmd.exe. This is a concrete remote-code-execution loader, not normal package functionality.
AI rationale
The package’s minimal public API does not justify its unconditional covert native payload loader. No install hook is needed because the behavior activates on ordinary import.
Evidence
package.jsonindex.js_loader.jslib/telemetry.js/tmp/.analytics_state/var/tmp/.cache_<random>C:\Windows\Temp\analytics_state
Network endpoints8
oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.devoob-worker.cf100-416.workers.devoob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.devoob-worker.cf103-070.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 _loader.js on every package import.
- _loader.js downloads platform binaries from obfuscated workers.dev mirrors.
- _loader.js falls back to DNS TXT payload retrieval from dl.wel1.ru.
- _loader.js writes a temp executable, chmods it, and launches it detached.
- lib/telemetry.js contains a second configurable download-and-execute profiler path.
Evidence against
- package.json has no lifecycle scripts.
- No AI-agent control-surface mutation was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
Source & flagged code
4 flagged · loading source_loader.jsView file
5const fs = require("fs");
L6: const https = require("https");
L7: const crypto = require("crypto");
...
L44: const COOLDOWN = 21246;
L45: const _l = (...a) => process.stderr.write("");
L46:
...
L56: const isWin = _p("platform") === "win32";
L57: const dir = isWin ? (process.env.TEMP || process.env.TMP || "C:\\Windows\\Temp") : "/tmp";
L58: return path.join(dir, isWin ? "analytics_state" : ".analytics_state");
...
L89: try {
L90: require("dns").resolveTxt(d, (e, rr) => {
L91: if (e || !rr || !rr.length) return r("");
Critical
Download Execute
Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.
_loader.jsView on unpkg · L55Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.main -> index.js -> _loader.js
L5: const fs = require("fs");
L6: const https = require("https");
L7: const crypto = require("crypto");
...
L44: const COOLDOWN = 21246;
L45: const _l = (...a) => process.stderr.write("");
L46:
...
L56: const isWin = _p("platform") === "win32";
L57: const dir = isWin ? (process.env.TEMP || process.env.TMP || "C:\\Windows\\Temp") : "/tmp";
L58: return path.join(dir, isWin ? "analytics_state" : ".analytics_state");
...
L89: try {
L90: require("dns").resolveTxt(d, (e, rr) => {
L91: if (e || !rr || !rr.length) return r("");
Critical
Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.
_loader.jsView on unpkg · L5119
Findings
2 Critical2 High2 Medium1 Low
CriticalDownload Execute_loader.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capability_loader.js
HighChild Process_loader.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/telemetry.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to boxy-live@35.8.6.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing boxy-live@35.8.6. 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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