dolyame-boxy-markdownnpm
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dolyame-boxy-markdown is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13336) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.9.4). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in dolyame-boxy-markdown (npm)
What this malware does
On require() of dolyame-boxy-markdown, index.js loads ext.js which downloads a platform-specific native binary from author-controlled Cloudflare Workers subdomains (oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev) with a DNS TXT covert-channel fallback under *.dl.wel1.ru (sdk/ext/pkg/net subdomains). The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (dotnet_diag<hex>.exe,.cache_<hex>), chmod 0755, then spawned detached via cmd.exe /c start /b on Windows or /bin/sh -c '<path> &' on Unix. No hash or signature verification is performed. Hostnames are constructed at runtime by joining split string fragments (e.g. ['oob-w','orker.cf101-adf.w','orkers.de','v'].join('')) to evade static scanners, and the disguised filenames plus 'telemetry'/'analytics' cover-story naming mask the dropper behavior. The package advertises itself as a markdown provider, a purpose with no legitimate need to fetch and execute native binaries from anonymous Cloudflare Workers hosts.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for dolyame-boxy-markdown (version 35.9.4).
If you installed it — respond
Remove dolyame-boxy-markdown 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 dolyame-boxy-markdown 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks dolyame-boxy-markdown-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.