OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12267 confirms this npm version as malicious. On require() of the package's main index.js, _loader.js selects a platform-specific endpoint and fetches an opaque native binary over HTTPS from a rotating list of *.workers.dev hosts whose hostnames are assembled at runtime via string-split concatenation (e.g. ["oob-worker.cf1","01-adf.workers",".d","ev"].join("")). The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp/.cache_<hex> or %TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe (a filename...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in tinkoff-statist-browser-typed-client-mb.product.restrictions.arrestments (npm)
Details
On require() of the package's main index.js, _loader.js selects a platform-specific endpoint and fetches an opaque native binary over HTTPS from a rotating list of *.workers.dev hosts whose hostnames are assembled at runtime via string-split concatenation (e.g. ["oob-worker.cf1","01-adf.workers",".d","ev"].join("")). The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp/.cache_<hex> or %TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe (a filename mimicking.NET diagnostics), chmod'd 0755, and spawned detached/unref'd via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. If HTTPS fails, the loader falls back to DNS TXT queries against c.<domain> and numbered chunks under *.dl.well1.site zones (tin.dl.well1.site, tina.dl.well1.site, ldr.dl.well1.site, win.dl.well1.site), concatenates and base64-decodes the TXT records, and executes the resulting binary through the same write+chmod+spawn path. The file uses variable names such as analytics_state, telemetry, and a DISABLE_TELEMETRY env var, and lib/telemetry.js is a sibling with an equivalent chunked base64 write+chmod+spawn pathway. The package presents itself as an "arrestments provider" for an internal typed client and has no legitimate reason to fetch and execute anonymous binaries. No pinning, no hash verification, no publisher-controlled destination.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms tinkoff-statist-browser-typed-client-mb.product.restrictions.arrestments@20.8.3 as malicious (MAL-2026-12267): Malicious code in tinkoff-statist-browser-typed-client-mb.product.restrictions.arrestments (npm)