boxy-sitreenpm
boxy-sitree is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13083) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 35.8.7). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in boxy-sitree (npm)
What this malware does
Requiring boxy-sitree triggers _shim.js, which selects a platform-specific binary path, fetches an executable from Cloudflare Workers hosts assembled by joining string fragments (oob-worker.cf*-*.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT covert channel fallback that reassembles base64 chunks from numbered subdomains of *.dl.wel1.ru, writes the bytes to a temp file, chmods 0755, and spawns the binary detached via /bin/sh -c '<file> &' on Unix or cmd.exe start /b on Windows. Host and domain strings are split to defeat static matching, and the dropper is wrapped in analytics/diagnostics cover-story naming with opt-out environment variables. A second, unreferenced module lib/telemetry.js contains the same shell-spawn + chmod 0755 + base64 payload staging pattern under an 'Analytics SDK' framing, indicating a staged/parallel payload from the same actor. Installing or importing this package executes attacker-controlled code on the 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 boxy-sitree (version 35.8.7). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging boxy-sitree across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
boxy-sitree 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 boxy-sitree 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-sitree 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-sitree-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.