Which versions of devpack-conf are malicious?

The following npm versions of devpack-conf are flagged malicious: 5.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate devpack-conf if I installed it?

devpack-conf establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.

I already installed devpack-conf — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If devpack-conf was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is devpack-conf part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — devpack-conf is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-014434 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find devpack-conf across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for devpack-conf (version 5.0.0).

Malicious package

devpack-confnpm

Advisory published Aug 5, 2026Updated Aug 5, 2026

devpack-conf is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12177) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 5.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in devpack-conf (npm)

MAL-2026-12177

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall devpack-conf

What this malware does

[email protected] is a typosquat of pkg-conf. index.js contains a top-level eval(atob(...)) that decodes an obfuscated loader. The loader queries Ethereum RPC/blockscout endpoints for transactions from the hardcoded address 0xa322E5f3D311D3080e6f0121063e9aDC2490Ef1a, extracts an IPv4 address from the transaction's to field, fetches an XOR-encoded payload from http://<resolved-ip>:443/0x/cls and /0x/ls (XOR key delivered via the x-payload-b64 response header), eval()s the decrypted payload, and spawns a detached node -e <payload> child process with stdio:'ignore' and windowsHide:true. Sensitive strings (http, https, child_process, spawn, endpoint paths) are hidden behind \u unicode escapes. The malicious code executes automatically at require/import time on any consumer of the package.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

5.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

fabc4baeb912d72d08ef42d8b6b5e147b1f7dc18fc01e796bc6ac17f1c7dff68

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for devpack-conf (version 5.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
devpack-conf establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If devpack-conf was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. devpack-conf on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 5.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-014434

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks devpack-conf-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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