sme-rko-finance-front-operations-othernpm
Advisory published Updated
sme-rko-finance-front-operations-other is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13642) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.8.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-other (npm)
What this malware does
On require()/import, init.js selects an OS/arch-specific binary and downloads it from a rotating set of Cloudflare Workers hostnames (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev) with a DNS-TXT fallback under sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru. The fetched bytes are written under disguised names (dotnet_diag.exe,.cache_) to /var/tmp or Windows TEMP, chmod'd 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh or cmd. A second dropper in lib/telemetry.js (loaded as the main export inside a decoy Sentry-like SDK bundle) base64-decodes downloaded bytes, chmods 0755 via a dynamically constructed property name ("chmod"+"Sync"), and spawns the resulting file detached. Hostnames and dangerous API names are assembled from split string fragments at runtime ("child_"+"process",.join("") over host fragments) to defeat static analysis. No pinning, no hash or signature verification, and the delivered content is opaque and unrelated to any documented package purpose.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for sme-rko-finance-front-operations-other (version 35.8.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove sme-rko-finance-front-operations-other 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 sme-rko-finance-front-operations-other 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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks sme-rko-finance-front-operations-other-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.