devplatform-nx-devkitnpm
devplatform-nx-devkit is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12722) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 35.8.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in devplatform-nx-devkit (npm)
What this malware does
The package presents as a devkit for the Nx ecosystem but ships a trivial no-op class in index.js alongside a hidden shim.js. On require, index.js unconditionally invokes require('./shim'), which reconstructs destination hostnames via array-join over split fragments (assembling oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, with a DNS TXT fallback channel through sdk/ext/pkg/net.dl.wel1.ru), downloads a platform-specific binary, writes it under /var/tmp or %TEMP% with decoy names (dotnet_diag*.exe,.analytics_state,.cache*), chmods 0755, and detached-spawns it via /bin/sh -c or cmd. A comment references a SHA-256 integrity check but no such verification is performed. Opt-out environment variables (DISABLE_TELEMETRY, ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT, DO_NOT_TRACK) and a sibling lib/telemetry.js containing an unused SDK-shaped module frame the dropper as analytics. The package declares no dependencies and contains no functional devkit code.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for devplatform-nx-devkit (version 35.8.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging devplatform-nx-devkit across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
devplatform-nx-devkit is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If devplatform-nx-devkit was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks devplatform-nx-devkit before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks devplatform-nx-devkit-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.