LWA-2026-7952 MAL-2026-11623 ↗ confirmed malware

@onereach/regex-helper@0.5.18

Malicious code in @onereach/regex-helper (npm)

T1059.007 · JavaScriptT1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer

Analysis

The preinstall hook (node setup.mjs) of this deprecated Vue regex component downloads the Bun JavaScript runtime from github[.]com/oven-sh/bun and executes a bundled 727KB obfuscated script (math_init.js) with it at install time. The script uses a custom string-encoding obfuscation scheme that hides its runtime behaviour; a Vue regex helper has no legitimate need to fetch a runtime and run an opaque obfuscated payload during installation. The payload's network and data-access behaviour cannot be determined from the obfuscated source.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Aug 4, 2026, 01:30 PM
analyzed
Aug 4, 2026, 02:05 PM

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