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Malicious package

bigops-auth-utilsnpm

Advisory published Updated

bigops-auth-utils is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12035) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.4.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in bigops-auth-utils (npm)

MAL-2026-12035
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall bigops-auth-utils

What this malware does

[email protected] executes an install-time binary dropper on any require/import of the package. index.js top-level runs require('./setup'), which selects an OS/arch-specific asset path and downloads a binary over HTTPS from one of three string-split-obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT covert-channel fallback that reassembles base64-encoded chunks from sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under a disguising name (.cache_<hex> on POSIX, dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c... & or cmd.exe /c start /b. A TTL marker suppresses re-execution and env-var opt-out flags are named to resemble telemetry toggles. A second copy of the same drop-and-spawn logic is duplicated inside lib/telemetry.js framed as an 'Analytics SDK', with require("child_" + "process"), fs["chmod" + "Sync"], and cp.spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', filePath + ' &']) using string concatenation to evade static matching. Host construction via array-join splitting, cover-story framing, telemetry-shaped opt-out names, DNS covert-channel fallback, and duplicated execution paths are all evasion signals characteristic of a supply-chain dropper, not a build helper.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
35.4.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

ba54cfc2b542b8e388d852b80c0f409b2987423285eb6518d6dbc668e4c1a372

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for bigops-auth-utils (version 35.4.5).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove bigops-auth-utils from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If bigops-auth-utils was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. bigops-auth-utils on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 35.4.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-011498

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks bigops-auth-utils-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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