MAL-2026-12734 Malicious code in devplatform-prettier-config (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
devplatform-prettier-config
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-12734?

MAL-2026-12734 is a malicious package in devplatform-prettier-config, published on 5 Aug 2026.

Official description

Package presents itself as a prettier configuration/settings manager. index.js requires compat.js at module load, which downloads a platform-specific binary from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers subdomains (oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) assembled at runtime from string-split arrays via.join(''). If the HTTPS fetch fails, it falls back to a covert DNS TXT-record channel under sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru (c.<domain> for chunk count, i.<domain> for base64-chunked payload), reassembles and executes the payload. The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp/.cache<rand> on Linux or TEMP\dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe on Windows using deceptive filenames, chmod 0755, then spawned detached via spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c",…]) or spawn("cmd",…). No hash or signature verification. A lock-file at /tmp/.analytics_state is used to suppress repeated runs. Destinations are unrelated to any prettier or JavaScript-tooling publisher.

What should I do about MAL-2026-12734?

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

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