checkout-iframenpm
checkout-iframe is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12566) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.7.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in checkout-iframe (npm)
What this malware does
On require('checkout-iframe'), index.js loads platform.js which downloads a platform-specific binary from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) with DNS TXT fallback to sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, and net.dl.wel1.ru. The payload is written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under disguised filenames (.cache<hex>, dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmodded 0755 on Unix, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Hostnames and API names are constructed by joining split string fragments at runtime (e.g. ["oob-","wo","rker.cf100-416.","workers.","de","v"].join(""), require("child_"+"process"), fs["chmod"+"Sync"]) to evade static detection. A secondary dropper (lib/telemetry.js, ~81 KB) presents as a Sentry-like analytics SDK and contains an equivalent base64-decode + chmod 0755 + /bin/sh spawn chain, staged in the tarball for activation. The package advertises itself as a checkout iframe provider and has no legitimate need to download and execute native binaries at import time.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for checkout-iframe (version 35.7.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging checkout-iframe across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove checkout-iframe 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.
Did it already run?
If checkout-iframe 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 checkout-iframe 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 checkout-iframe-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.