bigops-authnpm
bigops-auth is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12149) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 35.8.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in bigops-auth (npm)
What this malware does
On require, index.js loads compat.js, which reconstructs Cloudflare Workers hostnames (oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev) and DNS-TXT resolver domains under dl.wel1.ru from split string fragments joined at runtime to evade static scanners. It fetches a platform-specific executable via https.get, writes it to /var/tmp/.cache<rnd> on Unix or %TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<rnd>.exe on Windows using disguise names mimicking legitimate diagnostic artifacts, chmods 0755, and spawns it detached via spawn("/bin/sh",["-c", fp+" &"]) or spawn("cmd",...). Environment gates on DISABLE_TELEMETRY / ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT / DO_NOT_TRACK and a mtime-based cooldown suppress repeat execution. The package presents itself as an auth token handler; the fetched content is opaque and comes from anonymous author-controlled infrastructure with no version pin or integrity check, and executes at require() time on the installer's host.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for bigops-auth (version 35.8.6). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging bigops-auth across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
bigops-auth is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If bigops-auth was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks bigops-auth before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks bigops-auth-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.