MAL-2026-12734 Malicious code in devplatform-prettier-config (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2026-12734 is a malicious package: devplatform-prettier-config (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-2026-12734/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12734/index.md)
- 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.