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Malicious package

checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-amnpm

Advisory published Updated

checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12549) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 35.6.4). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am (npm)

MAL-2026-12549
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am

What this malware does

On require() of this package, index.js loads _init.js which invokes init() immediately. init() downloads an opaque binary from hardcoded Cloudflare Workers endpoints (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev) whose hostnames are reconstructed at runtime via split-join of small string fragments to evade static scanners. A DNS-TXT fallback reassembles the payload from base64 chunks served under sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The downloaded bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (.cache_<hex> on Unix or dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows mimicking a.NET diagnostic tool), chmod 0755 on Unix, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c '<path> &' or cmd.exe; the spawn is unref()'d so it outlives the Node process. Execution is throttled by a /tmp cooldown file. The tarball also ships lib/telemetry.js (~81 KB, framed with 'Analytics SDK' comments) containing an equivalent dropper: split require('child_'+'process'), base64 chunk assembly, fs['chmod'+'Sync'](path, 0o755), and cp.spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', filePath+' &']). The require('child_process'), fs.chmodSync, and spawn identifiers are string-split throughout to hide from keyword scanners. Package name lookalike of a checkout/POS SMS confirmation utility. Installing or requiring this package executes attacker-controlled native code on the installer's machine.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
35.6.4

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c8171a06586a3bfd6af6536dc201cd0ab277fd52dbc2d87df7b9d5d4d64ed70e

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am (version 35.6.4).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.

  3. Did it already run?

    If checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am 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. checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 35.6.4 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-015218

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks checkout-confirm-pos-order-sms-am-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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