MAL-2026-12699 Malicious code in devplatform-cli (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
devplatform-cli
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-12699?

MAL-2026-12699 is a malicious package in devplatform-cli, published on 5 Aug 2026.

Official description

On require() of devplatform-cli, index.js loads adapter.js which assembles Cloudflare Workers hostnames from string-split fragments (e.g. ["oob-worker.cf","103-070.workers.d","ev"].join("")) with a DNS-TXT chunked-base64 fallback to sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru, downloads a platform-specific binary, writes it to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised filename (.cache<hex> on POSIX, dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows), calls fs.chmodSync(path, 0o755) on POSIX, and background-spawns it detached via cp.spawn("/bin/sh",["-c",fp+" &"],{detached:true,stdio:"ignore"}) or cmd /c start /b. A sibling module lib/telemetry.js (81KB, framed as "Analytics SDK") duplicates the same fetch->write->chmod 0755->spawn /bin/sh pattern and further obfuscates dangerous APIs via require("child_"+"process") and fs["chmod"+"Sync"]. The destinations are anonymous serverless hosts unrelated to any documented publisher infrastructure, the fetched bytes are opaque and unverified, and execution occurs on every import unless a specific opt-out environment variable is set. Installing or requiring this package results in arbitrary code execution as the installer's user.

What should I do about MAL-2026-12699?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

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