Which versions of devplatform-snarkdown are malicious?

The following npm versions of devplatform-snarkdown are flagged malicious: 35.2.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate devplatform-snarkdown if I installed it?

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.

I already installed devplatform-snarkdown — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If devplatform-snarkdown 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 devplatform-snarkdown part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — devplatform-snarkdown is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-015017 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 devplatform-snarkdown across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for devplatform-snarkdown (version 35.2.1).

Malicious package

devplatform-snarkdownnpm

Advisory published Aug 5, 2026Updated Aug 5, 2026

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

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for devplatform-snarkdown (version 35.2.1).
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.
Did it already run?
If devplatform-snarkdown 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. 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

npmjs.com

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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