devplatform-spa-plugin-error-boundarynpm
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devplatform-spa-plugin-error-boundary is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12766) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.4.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in devplatform-spa-plugin-error-boundary (npm)
What this malware does
The package's main index.js unconditionally requires./ext, which runs at load time and fetches a per-platform binary over HTTPS from string-concatenation-obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev). If HTTPS fails, ext.js falls back to a DNS TXT covert channel under *.dl.wel1.ru (sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, net.dl.wel1.ru), querying c.<domain> for a chunk count then 0.<domain>, 1.<domain>,... and base64-decoding the concatenation into a binary. The fetched bytes are written to a randomly-named file in the temp directory (masquerading as.cache<hex>, dotnet_diag<hex>.exe, analytics_state), chmod'd 0755, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd /c start /b. There is no version pinning, hash verification, or publisher-owned CDN, and the package's stated purpose (an SPA error-boundary component) has no legitimate reason to fetch and execute a native binary. Endpoint hostnames are assembled from split array literals at runtime to defeat static string scanning. Loading this package causes arbitrary attacker-controlled code to run on the installer's host.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
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Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for devplatform-spa-plugin-error-boundary (version 35.4.6).
If you installed it — respond
Remove devplatform-spa-plugin-error-boundary 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-error-boundary 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.
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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks devplatform-spa-plugin-error-boundary-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.