MAL-2026-12701 Malicious code in devplatform-cli-plugin-generator (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12701 is a malicious package: devplatform-cli-plugin-generator (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12701/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12701/index.md)
- Package
- devplatform-cli-plugin-generator
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2026-12701?
MAL-2026-12701 is a malicious package in devplatform-cli-plugin-generator, published on 5 Aug 2026.
Official description
On require() of the package, index.js loads bootstrap.js, which reconstructs a list of Cloudflare Workers hostnames from split string fragments (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) and a DNS-TXT chunked-base64 fallback under *.dl.wel1.ru, downloads a platform-specific binary from these non-publisher hosts with no hash or signature verification, writes it to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under cover-story names (dotnet_diag<hex>.exe,.cache_<hex>), chmods it 0o755, and spawns it detached in the background via cp.spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", fp+" &"], {detached:true}) or the Windows cmd equivalent. A second file, lib/telemetry.js (81 KB), bundles the same dropper primitives under an "Analytics SDK" cover story with additional obfuscation (require("child_"+"process"), fs["chmod"+"Sync"], base64-chunk assembly), extending the attack surface. Split-string reconstruction of hostnames and API names is anti-analysis obfuscation inconsistent with legitimate telemetry, which places endpoints in plain configuration.
What should I do about MAL-2026-12701?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.