ordered-btree
This report shows the evidence for ordered-btree@3.2.2, the only known version.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6193 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-6193
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in ordered-btree (npm)
Details
Package impersonates the legitimate sorted-btree library (matching name, README, and attributed author) and ships a hidden remote-code-execution payload in its primary API. b+tree.js modifies BTree.prototype.set so that when a caller invokes tree.set(100,...), it spawns `node extended/diffLoad.min.js` as a detached process. diffLoad.min.js is a heavily obfuscated loader that connects to Ethereum Sepolia (via hardcoded Infura/Alchemy RPCs), reads encrypted payload chunks from contract 0xE390863Dac96a71187C71227C2b099B50cF602D31 (TData1/TData2 events), decrypts them with x25519 ECDH + AES-GCM, writes the decrypted bytes to extended/merged, chmods to 755, and executes that file as a detached child process — using a public blockchain as rotatable, blocklist-evading C2. The loader also harvests host telemetry (platform, release, arch, hostname, cpus, totalmem, freemem, uptime) and exfiltrates it to a hardcoded attacker Telegram bot (bot id 8961878831 at api.telegram.org/bot<redacted>/sendMessage) and to slack.com/api/chat.postMessage with hardcoded credentials, including a message derived from the LICENSE file. After execution, it removes its own files (diffLoad.min.js, extended/bulkLoad.min.d.js, extended/diffLoad.d.min.js) and rewrites b+tree.js to splice out the 16-line trigger block starting at line 249, then signals the parent process (SIGTERM/taskkill) — anti-forensic clean-up so the installed package looks benign after the payload has run. Any application that drop-in-replaces sorted-btree with ordered-btree and exercises set with key 100 (e.g., tests, fixtures, or production data containing that key) will fetch and execute attacker-controlled code on the installer's machine.
References
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ordered-btree@3.2.2.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing ordered-btree@3.2.2. 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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Source advisory published: .
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