devplatform-spa-plugin-cobrowsingnpm
devplatform-spa-plugin-cobrowsing is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12763) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.4.4). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in devplatform-spa-plugin-cobrowsing (npm)
What this malware does
On require() of the package, index.js loads runtime.js which selects a platform-specific endpoint, downloads an opaque binary over HTTPS from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (hostnames assembled at runtime via array-join, e.g. 'oob-worker.cf<NNN>-<hex>.workers.dev'), with a DNS TXT-record fallback channel under 'c.<domain>' / 'N.<domain>' that returns base64-encoded chunks decoded into the payload. The downloaded bytes are written to /tmp/.cache<rand> (chmod 0755) on Unix or %TEMP%/dotnet_diag_<rand>.exe on Windows, and spawned detached via cp.spawn('/bin/sh',['-c',fp+' &'],{detached:true}).unref() or a cmd equivalent. Destinations are unrelated to the package's stated cobrowsing purpose, hostnames are obfuscated to defeat static analysis, and the payload is executed with no integrity check.
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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-spa-plugin-cobrowsing (version 35.4.4). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging devplatform-spa-plugin-cobrowsing across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove devplatform-spa-plugin-cobrowsing 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-spa-plugin-cobrowsing 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-spa-plugin-cobrowsing 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-spa-plugin-cobrowsing-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.