devplatform-sdknpm
devplatform-sdk is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12750) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.6.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in devplatform-sdk (npm)
What this malware does
On require('devplatform-sdk'), index.js loads polyfill.js which auto-invokes start(): it selects a per-OS payload path, fetches a binary from string-concatenated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev) with DNS TXT fallback under sdk.dl.wel1.ru / ext.dl.wel1.ru / pkg.dl.wel1.ru / net.dl.wel1.ru, writes it under /var/tmp or %TEMP% with a camouflaged name (.cache<rand> on Unix, dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe on Windows), chmods 0o755, and detached-spawns it via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start /b. Evasion features accompany the drop-and-run: hostnames assembled from split fragments via.join(''), the dropped binary renamed to look like a system cache/diagnostic file, a mtime-based stamp file at /tmp/.analytics_state (or %TEMP%/analytics_state) suppressing re-runs, stderr silenced via a no-op writer, and DO_NOT_TRACK / ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT cover strings framing the behavior as telemetry. The package advertises itself as a lightweight SDK wrapper; the load-time behavior is a binary dropper delivering arbitrary attacker-controlled native code to the installer.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for devplatform-sdk (version 35.6.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging devplatform-sdk across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove devplatform-sdk from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If devplatform-sdk 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-sdk 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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks devplatform-sdk-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.