tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carouselnpm
Advisory published Updated
tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12245) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 20.8.8). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel (npm)
What this malware does
On require of this package, index.js loads loader.js which selects a platform-specific asset path, downloads a native binary over HTTPS from randomized Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev), with a DNS-TXT chunked base64 fallback via tin.dl.well1.site, tina.dl.well1.site, ldr.dl.well1.site, and win.dl.well1.site. The downloaded bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (.cache<hex>, dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start. Host names, the child_process module reference (require("child_" + "process")), and the chmodSync call are reconstructed at runtime via string-split/join to defeat static scanners. A second dropper implementation is bundled at lib/telemetry.js (~81KB) reimplementing the same fetch-write-chmod-spawn chain with base64 chunk assembly. The package name impersonates a Tinkoff Bank internal scope. Installing or requiring this package yields remote code execution on the installer's host by attacker-controlled native binaries.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel (version 20.8.8).
If you installed it — respond
tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel 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
Campaign
References
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks tinkoff-pfp-atom-desktop-carousel-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.