MAL-2026-6193

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ordered-btree/MAL-2026-6193.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6193
Published
2026-06-19T05:09:45Z
Modified
2026-06-19T05:31:47.789958687Z
Summary
Malicious code in ordered-btree (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (3a7b579313f4d78d1b99c88ed3fc22c295458981099a80f09f8408ca2bbb2ac4)

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.

Database specific
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "3a7b579313f4d78d1b99c88ed3fc22c295458981099a80f09f8408ca2bbb2ac4",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-19T05:09:45Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.2.2"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-007055",
            "import_time": "2026-06-19T05:16:50.193118571Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / ordered-btree

Package

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.2

Database specific

cwes
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ordered-btree/MAL-2026-6193.json"
indicators
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "9ad95e0059739d8475931cd7a78c8661dcaa68c24515247226e01e67bb18f678",
            "tlsh": "f2737557bac62365a53222b54b1e9145fb39403b921182e4b85cb6b03fb592443fffec",
            "path": "b+tree.js"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "262cb8a7bdbd4082f43fe6fecf5a8b1d45050c6c5e4c11cd46e9915f3d7490e2",
            "tlsh": "2e4219cc2fa8373403da75be954d1d0758de9d05ab1ee180f996ca8e358e3845222f7a",
            "path": "extended/diffLoad.min.js"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-c1oSNuCBdojN1pFRKuL9xMoNxAho7MZUX09RQayK6ENQbo5uUnEV+MUpQ3QdELa5Xy1QvKRAlT3gw3/Hu6plCw==",
                "sha1": "e530846ac3fbc51a44d499f3520d95486cd556b9"
            },
            "filename": "ordered-btree-3.2.2.tgz"
        }
    ]
}