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Malicious package

checkout-use-toastsnpm

Advisory published Updated

checkout-use-toasts is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12603) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.3.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in checkout-use-toasts (npm)

MAL-2026-12603
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall checkout-use-toasts

What this malware does

On require() of checkout-use-toasts, index.js loads bridge.js which fetches an OS/architecture-specific native binary from runtime-assembled Cloudflare workers.dev hosts (oob-worker.cf100/cf101/cf102-*.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT fallback that resolves TXT records at subdomains of dl.wel1.ru and concatenates base64-decoded chunks as the payload. The bytes are written to /var/tmp/.cache<hex> (or %TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows) under disguised names, chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start /b. Destination hostnames are split into fragments and joined at runtime (['oob-worker.cf102-baf.wor','ke','rs','.d','ev'].join(''); ['sdk.d','l.','we','l1.','ru'].join('')) to evade static string matching. There is no signature or version pinning on the fetched payload. The package name and stated purpose (toast notifications for checkout flows) do not match downloading and executing a native binary, and the DNS-TXT covert channel is designed to bypass HTTP egress controls. Installing or importing this package results in attacker-controlled code execution on the installer's machine.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
35.3.6

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

bed98d203bbb9cb1a915db70566cfe33eb063a59e97c1e2f7607164b5a9c312e

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for checkout-use-toasts (version 35.3.6).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove checkout-use-toasts 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 checkout-use-toasts 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-use-toasts on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 35.3.6 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-015176

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks checkout-use-toasts-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.

Explore

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