🛡️ MAL-2026-12333 — checkout-react

Malicious code in @zahlen/checkout-react (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

The package's main module contains a top-level block that runs on every require/import. It uses unicode-escape obfuscation (\uXXXX) to hide imports of Node built-ins including child_process (spawn), http, https, zlib, and url. The prelude resolves a command-and-control host by querying Ethereum blockchain state via https://eth.blockscout.com/api keyed off contract address 0xa322E5f3D311D3080e6f0121063e9aDC2490Ef1a (with a public ETH RPC fallback list), then polls http://<resolved-host>:443/0x/ls and /0x/cls on that host and feeds the retrieved tasks into child_process.spawn, giving a remote operator arbitrary command execution on any developer machine or CI runner that installs or imports the package. The prelude also stashes global.r=require and global.m=module so C2-delivered payloads can load additional Node built-ins without repeating the unicode-escaped require dance. The React checkout code shipped below the prelude is cover; the on-chain C2 resolution is a rotation mechanism that lets the operator move infrastructure without republishing the package.

Source: ghsa-malware

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.