Malicious code in devplatform-ui-kit (npm)

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Source: amazon-inspector (970907ab2c29512b4a538983a065bc1bfee670c15e663d00cd0b3eb751d8dbdc)

Package advertised as a UI toolkit but on module load (index.js require()s adapter.js) fetches an opaque platform-specific binary from obfuscated *.workers.dev hosts, with a DNS-TXT covert-channel fallback that reassembles base64 chunks from subdomains under dl.wel1.ru (sdk./ext./pkg./net.dl.wel1.ru). Host strings are constructed at runtime by joining short fragments (e.g. ["oob-work","er.cf102-baf.workers.de","v"].join("")) to evade static analysis. The fetched bytes are written to /tmp or %TEMP% under disguise names such as dotnet_diag.exe /.cache_, chmodded 0755 on POSIX, and spawned detached via cp.spawn("/bin/sh",["-c",fp+" &"],{detached:true}).unref() (cmd on Windows). No hash or signature verification. Behavior fires on any require()/import of the package, executing attacker-controlled code on the installer's machine.

Source: ghsa-malware (24684e246b0273b61611f68034228f87283759247582b25c073f212d03a9ca73)

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.