🛡️ MAL-2026-12600 — checkout-use-boolean
Description
Malicious code in checkout-use-boolean (npm)
Source: amazon-inspector
On require('checkout-use-boolean'), index.js loads _vendor.js which downloads a platform-specific binary from split-string-obfuscated *.workers.dev hosts (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev) with a DNS TXT chunked fallback via sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru. The payload is written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised name (.cache_<hex> or dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh or cmd. Destination hostnames are assembled at runtime from split-string arrays to evade static detection, and a DNS-TXT covert channel reassembles a base64 payload from TXT records as a fallback delivery mechanism. Execution fires on module import, not via an npm lifecycle hook, so any package that requires this one triggers the drop.
Affected software
MAL-2026-12600 is recorded against 1 package.
- checkout-use-boolean
Timeline and source
Published on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| checkout-use-boolean | — | — |
References
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