MAL-2026-12569

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    MAL-2026-12569

    Published: 5 Aug 2026Last Modified: 5 Aug 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in checkout-legal-logic (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (cb3515ded3bbec7c93c9544b3ad8dee138c5a41252dfc5dca9ff8f8854c088c5) On require of the package's main entry (index.js -> _support.js), a bootstrap routine downloads a platform-specific executable from one of four hardcoded Cloudflare Workers subdomains (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev), with a DNS TXT record fallback under sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru. The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (.cache_<rand>, dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe), chmod 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. All hostnames and paths are reconstructed at runtime via array.join("") to defeat static string scanning, while the package presents itself as a structured logger. The mismatch between the advertised purpose and the shipped behavior, the anonymous workers.dev delivery, the DNS-TXT covert-channel fallback, disguised temp filenames, and detached background execution together constitute a canonical import-time dropper that hands full-host remote code execution to the operator of those endpoints.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: checkout-legal-logic

    Purl: pkg:npm/checkout-legal-logic

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    35.3.7
    MAL-2026-12569 | CVE-DB