# MAL-2026-12768: Malicious code in devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next` (npm)
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9p3-5qr8-7426

## What is MAL-2026-12768?

MAL-2026-12768 is a malicious package in devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next, published on 5 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

index.js unconditionally requires./_loader on load. _loader.js reassembles Cloudflare workers.dev hostnames (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev) from split-string arrays, with a DNS-TXT covert-channel fallback to sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru (chunk-count from c.<domain>, base64 chunks from numbered subdomains). It fetches a platform-specific native binary, writes it to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under cover names such as dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe or.cache_<hex>, chmods 0755, and spawns it detached via /bin/sh -c '<file> &' or cmd /c start. A second module lib/telemetry.js (~81KB, disguised as an analytics SDK) duplicates the same fetch+chmod+spawn primitives using string-concatenated identifiers (require("child_"+"process"), fs["chmod"+"Sync"]) as a redundant stage. The i18next plugin name and analytics_state marker do not correspond to any translation functionality shipped in the tarball.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-12768?

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

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-12768 is a malicious package: devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next (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-2026-12768/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12768/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12768

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