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+name: Malware & Obfuscation Scan
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["**"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["**"]
+  # Allow manual triggering for ad-hoc full scans
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      scan_path:
+        description: "Sub-directory to scan (leave blank for full repo)"
+        required: false
+        default: "."
+
+# Prevent concurrent scans on the same ref from stepping on each other
+concurrency:
+  group: malware-scan-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  # Needed if you later add GitHub Code Scanning / SARIF upload
+  security-events: write
+
+jobs:
+  malware-scan:
+    name: Scan for malicious / obfuscated code
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+
+    steps:
+      # ── 1. Checkout ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Full history lets the scanner see every file, not just the diff.
+          # For very large repos you can set fetch-depth: 1 to speed things up,
+          # but you may miss injected files in unchanged paths.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # ── 2. Setup Node ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+
+      # ── 3. Install scanner ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+      #    The scanner is pure Node.js stdlib — no npm install needed.
+      #    We just copy the script into a known location inside the runner.
+      - name: Install scanner script
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE/malware-scanner"
+          cp .github/scripts/scan-malware.js \
+             "$RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE/malware-scanner/scan-malware.js"
+          chmod +x "$RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE/malware-scanner/scan-malware.js"
+
+      # ── 4. Run the scanner ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+      - name: Run malware scanner
+        id: scan
+        env:
+          SCAN_JSON_OUT: ${{ runner.temp }}/scan-results.json
+        run: |
+          SCAN_PATH="${{ github.event.inputs.scan_path || '.' }}"
+          echo "Scanning path: $SCAN_PATH"
+          echo "────────────────────────────────────────"
+
+          node "$RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE/malware-scanner/scan-malware.js" "$SCAN_PATH"
+        # The script exits 0 (clean), 1 (threats found), or 2 (internal error).
+        # We want the step to "succeed" so the upload-artifact step always runs,
+        # but we'll fail the job in the gate step below.
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      # ── 5. Upload JSON report as artifact (always, even on failure) ────────
+      #    Retained so the full per-file, per-rule detail is always downloadable.
+      #    The Telegram message below links directly to the Actions run where
+      #    this artifact appears.
+      - name: Upload scan report artifact
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: malware-scan-report-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/scan-results.json
+          retention-days: 90
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+
+      # ── 6. Check whether any critical findings were reported ────────────────
+      - name: Check for critical findings
+        id: critical
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          SCAN_JSON: ${{ runner.temp }}/scan-results.json
+        run: |
+          node - << 'EOF'
+          const fs = require('fs');
+
+          let findings = [];
+          try {
+            findings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.SCAN_JSON, 'utf8'));
+          } catch { /* missing file = clean run or scanner error */ }
+
+          const criticalCount = findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'CRITICAL').length;
+          fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `count=${criticalCount}\n`);
+          fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `has_critical=${criticalCount > 0}\n`);
+          console.log(`Critical findings: ${criticalCount}`);
+          EOF
+
+      # ── 7. Send Telegram notification for critical findings only ─────────────
+      #    Requires two repository secrets:
+      #      TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN  — from @BotFather  (format: 123456:ABC-xxx)
+      #      TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID    — target chat/channel ID (format: -100xxxxxxxxxx)
+      #
+      #    Intentionally short — plain HTML mode, no code spans, no snippets.
+      #    All special characters that would break MarkdownV2 are avoided entirely.
+      #    Full details are in the artifact linked via the Actions run URL.
+      - name: Send Telegram notification
+        if: always() && steps.critical.outputs.has_critical == 'true'
+        env:
+          TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID }}
+          SCAN_JSON: ${{ runner.temp }}/scan-results.json
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          GH_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+          GH_REF: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          GH_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GH_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          node - << 'EOF'
+          const fs    = require('fs');
+          const https = require('https');
+
+          const token  = process.env.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN;
+          const chatId = process.env.TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID;
+          const repo   = process.env.GH_REPO;
+          const sha    = process.env.GH_SHA.slice(0, 7);
+          const ref    = process.env.GH_REF;
+          const actor  = process.env.GH_ACTOR;
+          const runUrl = process.env.GH_RUN_URL;
+
+          // HTML-escape only the four characters HTML cares about.
+          // Using HTML parse_mode means code snippets, file paths, and rule IDs
+          // with special characters can never break the parser.
+          const h = s => String(s)
+            .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+            .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+            .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+            .replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
+
+          let findings = [];
+          try {
+            findings = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.env.SCAN_JSON, 'utf8'));
+          } catch { /* missing file = clean run or scanner error */ }
+
+          const counts = { CRITICAL: 0, HIGH: 0, MEDIUM: 0, LOW: 0 };
+          for (const f of findings) counts[f.severity] = (counts[f.severity] || 0) + 1;
+
+          const criticalFindings = findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'CRITICAL');
+
+          // ── Unique affected files ──────────────────────────────────────────
+          const affectedFiles = [...new Set(criticalFindings.map(f => f.file))];
+
+          // ── Build a short, fixed-size message ─────────────────────────────
+          // No snippets, no descriptions — just counts, affected files, and a
+          // direct link to the artifact. Stays well under 500 chars.
+          let lines = [];
+
+          lines.push('🚨 <b>Malware Scan — CRITICAL THREATS DETECTED</b>');
+
+          lines.push('');
+          lines.push(`<b>Repo:</b>   ${h(repo)}`);
+          lines.push(`<b>Branch:</b> ${h(ref)}  <b>Commit:</b> ${h(sha)}`);
+          lines.push(`<b>Actor:</b>  ${h(actor)}`);
+
+          lines.push('');
+          lines.push(
+            `<b>Findings:</b>  ` +
+            `🔴 ${counts.CRITICAL} CRITICAL  ` +
+            `🟠 ${counts.HIGH} HIGH  ` +
+            `🟡 ${counts.MEDIUM} MEDIUM  ` +
+            `⚪ ${counts.LOW} LOW`
+          );
+          lines.push('');
+          lines.push(`<b>Critical affected files (${affectedFiles.length}):</b>`);
+          // Cap at 10 files to keep the message short
+          const shown = affectedFiles.slice(0, 10);
+          for (const f of shown) lines.push(`  • ${h(f)}`);
+          if (affectedFiles.length > 10) {
+            lines.push(`  • … and ${affectedFiles.length - 10} more`);
+          }
+
+          lines.push('');
+          lines.push(`📋 <a href="${h(runUrl)}">View full run &amp; download report artifact</a>`);
+
+          const text = lines.join('\n');
+
+          // ── Send via Bot API (HTML parse mode) ────────────────────────────
+          const body = JSON.stringify({
+            chat_id:                  chatId,
+            text,
+            parse_mode:               'HTML',
+            disable_web_page_preview: true,
+          });
+
+          const options = {
+            hostname: 'api.telegram.org',
+            path:     `/bot${token}/sendMessage`,
+            method:   'POST',
+            headers:  {
+              'Content-Type':   'application/json',
+              'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body),
+            },
+          };
+
+          const req = https.request(options, res => {
+            let data = '';
+            res.on('data', chunk => data += chunk);
+            res.on('end', () => {
+              const parsed = JSON.parse(data);
+              if (!parsed.ok) {
+                console.error('Telegram API error:', JSON.stringify(parsed));
+                process.exit(1);
+              }
+              console.log('Telegram notification sent successfully.');
+            });
+          });
+          req.on('error', err => {
+            console.error('Request failed:', err.message);
+            process.exit(1);
+          });
+          req.write(body);
+          req.end();
+          EOF
+
+      # ── 8. Gate — fail the workflow if critical findings were found ─────────
+      #    Runs after the Telegram step so the alert always fires first.
+      - name: Fail workflow if critical threats detected
+        if: always() && steps.critical.outputs.has_critical == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "::error::⛔ Critical malicious or highly-suspicious code patterns were detected."
+          echo "::error::Check your Telegram channel for the summary."
+          echo "::error::Download the 'malware-scan-report' artifact for full details."
+          echo "::error::Do NOT merge or deploy this branch until findings are reviewed."
+          exit 1
+
+      # ── 9. (Optional) Diff-only scan on PRs for faster feedback ───────────
+      #    Uncomment this block if you want a second, faster pass that only
+      #    checks the files changed in the PR diff.
+      #
+      # - name: Diff-only scan (PR only)
+      #   if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      #   env:
+      #     SCAN_JSON_OUT: ${{ runner.temp }}/scan-results-diff.json
+      #   run: |
+      #     git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD \
+      #       | grep -E '\.(js|cjs|mjs|ts|tsx|jsx)$' \
+      #       | xargs -I{} node "$RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE/malware-scanner/scan-malware.js" {}