boxy-render-unwrapnpm
boxy-render-unwrap is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13077) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 35.7.9). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in boxy-render-unwrap (npm)
What this malware does
On require of boxy-render-unwrap, index.js loads bootstrap.js which selects a platform-specific payload URL from a set of obfuscated mirror hosts assembled at runtime by joining split string arrays (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev), with a DNS TXT chunked-base64 fallback over subdomains under dl.wel1.ru (sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, net.dl.wel1.ru). bootstrap.js fetches the opaque binary via https.get, writes it to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (dotnet_diag<rnd>.exe on Windows,.cache<rnd> on POSIX), chmods 0o755 on POSIX, and spawns it detached via cp.spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", fp + " &"], {detached:true}).unref() or cmd /c start /b on Windows. A stamp file named.analytics_state is written to mimic legitimate telemetry. Merely importing the package causes fetch-and-execute of attacker-controlled native code on the installer's machine.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for boxy-render-unwrap (version 35.7.9). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging boxy-render-unwrap across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
boxy-render-unwrap is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove boxy-render-unwrap, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If boxy-render-unwrap 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 boxy-render-unwrap 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 boxy-render-unwrap-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.