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Malicious package

twork-data-services-counterfreenpm

Advisory published Updated

twork-data-services-counterfree is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12289) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 20.1.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in twork-data-services-counterfree (npm)

MAL-2026-12289
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall twork-data-services-counterfree

What this malware does

index.js unconditionally requires./init on load. init.js selects a platform-specific binary path, fetches an opaque payload over HTTPS from attacker-controlled Cloudflare Workers hosts whose hostnames are assembled at runtime by joining short string fragments (e.g. 'oob-worker.cf102' + '-baf.work' + 'ers.' + 'dev' → oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev; sibling hosts oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev). If HTTPS mirrors are unreachable, the loader falls back to a DNS-TXT covert channel: it resolves TXT on c.<domain> under *.dl.well1.site (tin.dl.well1.site, tina.dl.well1.site, ldr.dl.well1.site, win.dl.well1.site) to obtain a chunk count, resolves numbered subdomains to collect base64 chunks, and reassembles the payload. The bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under deceptive names masquerading as system tooling (dotnet_diag<rnd>.exe on Windows,.cache<rnd> /.analytics_state on POSIX), chmod 0o755 is applied on POSIX, and the binary is spawned detached via cp.spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', fp+' &'], {detached:true}).unref() or the Windows cmd equivalent. Fires on require() of the package, so any consumer that installs and loads twork-data-services-counterfree executes attacker-controlled code with the installer's privileges.

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

1 flagged
20.1.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d2736d9321d2c88c7c2ba7202eefb1c7d0f24106f97480043483ee47ca7d19f9
49fa97e8b4aabf0feff8df0102a3ef0cdf74cd492286830435a4d2bbdfef86de

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for twork-data-services-counterfree (version 20.1.3).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove twork-data-services-counterfree 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 twork-data-services-counterfree 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. twork-data-services-counterfree on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 20.1.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-014609GHSA-5g8h-2mx8-cxhm

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks twork-data-services-counterfree-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

twork-data-services-counterfree (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-12289 | O3 Security