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devplatform-snarkdownnpm

devplatform-snarkdown is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12753) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 35.2.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in devplatform-snarkdown (npm)

MAL-2026-12753
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall devplatform-snarkdown

What this malware does

On require of the package, shim.js selects a platform-specific URL, downloads a binary from hardcoded Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev), and falls back to a DNS-TXT covert channel that reconstructs a base64 payload from chunked TXT records under wel1.ru subdomains (sdk/ext/pkg/net.dl.wel1.ru). The fetched bytes are written to a temp path under a masquerading name (e.g..cache* / dotnet_diag_*.exe), chmodded 0755 on POSIX, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe /c start /b. Hostnames and resolver domains are assembled at runtime by joining string fragments to defeat static analysis. A timestamped lockfile at /tmp/.analytics_state (or %TEMP%\analytics_state) gates re-execution for ~21201 seconds, and DISABLE_TELEMETRY / ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT / DO_NOT_TRACK env vars cause early return — a sandbox/CI evasion posture wrapped in telemetry cover-story naming. The package advertises itself as a markdown parser; downloading and executing a native binary at require time is unrelated to that purpose.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
35.2.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

050140bdd00f1d32d6a6142067c28c92fe95ff1be979f4272c8966ba58c78b92

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for devplatform-snarkdown (version 35.2.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging devplatform-snarkdown across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    devplatform-snarkdown 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If devplatform-snarkdown 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks devplatform-snarkdown 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. devplatform-snarkdown on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 35.2.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-015017

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks devplatform-snarkdown-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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