MAL-2026-11511

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/bigops-chat-messages/MAL-2026-11511.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-11511
Aliases
  • GHSA-7fcf-754p-pfhv
Published
2026-08-03T15:46:51Z
Modified
2026-08-04T22:04:58.207553943Z
Summary
Malicious code in bigops-chat-messages (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (1c9f7e6d6c045bdc74c458ac7d4f99af74364a6d6fc5750815e42447c3f7e8fa)

On require() of bigops-chat-messages, helpers.js selects a platform-specific remote path, fetches an opaque binary over HTTPS from *.workers.dev hosts whose names are reconstructed at runtime from split string arrays joined with.join(''), with a DNS-TXT base64 fallback resolved against tin.dl.well1.site, tina.dl.well1.site, ldr.dl.well1.site and win.dl.well1.site. The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (.cache<hex>, dotnetdiag<hex>.exe), chmodded 0755, and spawned detached via spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', fp + ' &'], {detached:true}).unref() or the Windows cmd equivalent so the child process survives the parent. The package is advertised as a chat-messages interface and has no legitimate need to fetch and execute a platform-specific binary from anonymized hosts at load time. The string-split obfuscation of the destination hostnames, the diagnostics-masquerading filenames, and the detached spawn are consistent with a hostile import-time dropper.

Source: ghsa-malware (a19c37cbb5263794904a0337d9f463e4d41a730e75bf8537b95e36becaa19bb6)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "id": "GHSA-7fcf-754p-pfhv",
            "import_time": "2026-08-04T00:15:24.365872371Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-03T15:46:52Z",
            "sha256": "a19c37cbb5263794904a0337d9f463e4d41a730e75bf8537b95e36becaa19bb6"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "19.9.8"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-08-04T21:33:14.028755198Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-04T21:21:06Z",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-011022",
            "sha256": "1c9f7e6d6c045bdc74c458ac7d4f99af74364a6d6fc5750815e42447c3f7e8fa"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / bigops-chat-messages

Package

Name
bigops-chat-messages
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Purl
pkg:npm/bigops-chat-messages

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

19.*
19.9.8

Database specific

cwes
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
source
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/bigops-chat-messages/MAL-2026-11511.json"
indicators
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "_helpers.js",
            "tlsh": "70a1956a12a630188bb0d7e6c7075417f65bf6536380c694fb9ca5985fb2214c3b2efc",
            "sha256": "1f2f6843775d0c4f38d0226a6b413eeb1b355f936845333ad06158ad0e31151b"
        }
    ]
}