MAL-2026-12703 Malicious code in devplatform-cli-plugin-test (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
devplatform-cli-plugin-test
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-12703?

MAL-2026-12703 is a malicious package in devplatform-cli-plugin-test, published on 5 Aug 2026.

Official description

On require(), runtime.js selects a platform-specific asset, downloads a binary over https.get from hardcoded Cloudflare Workers hosts (with a DNS TXT base64 fallback under dl.wel1.ru), writes it to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under names mimicking diagnostic tools (dotnet_diag.exe,.cache_,.analytics_state), chmods it 0o755, and spawns it detached via spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', fp+' &'], {detached:true}) or cmd.exe /c start /b. C2 hostnames and fallback domains are reconstructed at runtime from split-string arrays to evade static scanners. No hash or signature verification. The destinations are non-publisher, mutable, and disguised, and the package advertises itself as test fixtures while performing this drop-and-execute on load.

What should I do about MAL-2026-12703?

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

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