Malicious code in bigops-abstract-entity-data (npm)
The npm package bigops-abstract-entity-data contained malicious code that downloads and executes arbitrary attacker-controlled binaries on consumer machines. The malware downloads platform-specific payloads from Cloudflare Workers hosts and temporary DNS-based fallbacks, writes them to system temp directories, and executes them detached.
- Disclosed
- Last updated
- Blast radius
- Any consumer of the bigops-abstract-entity-data npm package
- Ecosystems
- Attack vectors
- Affected entities
- bigops-abstract-entity-datanpm package containing malicious code
The npm package bigops-abstract-entity-data was found to contain malicious code in its index.js file. Upon module load, the package unconditionally requires a hidden loader module that performs reconnaissance and payload delivery.\n\nThe loader.js module selects platform-specific asset paths and downloads executable bytes from a rotating list of anonymous Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf101-.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-*.workers.dev, cf99-9b3.workers.dev). If primary hosts are unavailable, it falls back to DNS-TXT chunked resolution under *.dl.wel1.ru. Downloaded bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under decoy filenames (.cache on Unix, dotnet_diag_.exe on Windows), given execute permissions (0755), and spawned detached via shell commands.\n\nNo hash or signature verification is performed on downloaded payloads. Simply requiring the package causes arbitrary attacker-controlled code to execute on the consumer's machine. The malware reconstructs destination hostnames and resolver domains at runtime from split string arrays to evade static analysis.\n\nThe incident was identified by Amazon Inspector and credited to the OpenSSF malicious-packages project.
Indicators of compromise
- Packages
- bigops-abstract-entity-data
- Domains
- oob-worker.cf101-*.workers.dev
- oob-worker.cf102-*.workers.dev
- oob-worker.cf103-*.workers.dev
- cf99-9b3.workers.dev
- *.dl.wel1.ru
Remediation
- Immediately uninstall bigops-abstract-entity-data from all systems and projects
- Audit npm package.json and lock files for any dependency on bigops-abstract-entity-data
- Review system logs and process execution history on machines that may have installed this package for signs of unauthorized code execution
- Check /tmp and %TEMP% directories for suspicious files matching the decoy naming patterns (.cache_*, dotnet_diag_*.exe)
- Monitor network traffic for connections to the identified Cloudflare Workers hosts and wel1.ru domain
- Regenerate any credentials or secrets that may have been exposed on affected systems
- Update npm to the latest version and run npm audit to identify other potentially compromised dependencies
Sources
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2qhf-c8m2-26cg · GitHub Advisory Database
Cite this entry
"Malicious code in bigops-abstract-entity-data (npm)." supplychainattack.org, Supply Chain Attack Incident Catalog. Disclosed August 7, 2026; last updated August 7, 2026. https://supplychainattack.org/incident/malicious-code-in-bigops-abstract-entity-data-npm-nz1voy
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