---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/devplatform-s3-uploader/v/35.4.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/devplatform-s3-uploader/v/35.4.4.md"
package: "devplatform-s3-uploader"
report_status: "published"
title: "devplatform-s3-uploader@35.4.4 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "35.4.4"
---

# devplatform-s3-uploader@35.4.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Arbitrary native code can execute with the importing process's privileges.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution
- **Selected version:** 35.4.4
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Importing the package triggers a remote binary fetch and execution chain. It uses a temp marker only to limit repeat execution.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T13:37:18.671Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T13:37:55.764Z
- **Download time:** 251 ms
- **Static scan time:** 47 ms
- **AI review time:** 36794 ms
- **Total time:** 37093 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Importing the package triggers a remote binary fetch and execution chain. It uses a temp marker only to limit repeat execution.

- **Trigger:** Any runtime require/import of the main entrypoint.

- **Impact:** Arbitrary native code can execute with the importing process's privileges.

- **Evidence paths:** index.js, \_helpers.js, package.json, lib/telemetry.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-05T13:37:55.764Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Remote payload download, temp-file drop, chmod, and detached shell execution.

- **Attack narrative:** The main entrypoint silently requires \_helpers.js. Its immediately invoked start() selects a platform payload, downloads it from obfuscated worker hosts or DNS TXT records, writes it to a temporary path, marks it executable on Unix, and launches it detached through /bin/sh or cmd.exe. This is an import-time remote-code-execution chain, not required uploader functionality.

- **Rationale:** Concrete source shows unconsented import-time download-and-execute behavior with obfuscated endpoints and no legitimate uploader implementation. Absence of lifecycle scripts does not mitigate the reachable main-entrypoint trigger.

- **Files touched:** /tmp/.analytics\_state, /var/tmp/.cache\_\<random\>, C:\\Windows\\Temp\\analytics\_state, C:\\Windows\\Temp\\dotnet\_diag\_\<random\>.exe

- **Network endpoints:** oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf100-416.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, sdk.dl.wel1.ru, ext.dl.wel1.ru, pkg.dl.wel1.ru, net.dl.wel1.ru

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** index.js imports \_helpers.js on every package import., \_helpers.js downloads platform payloads from oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev and peers., \_helpers.js falls back to DNS TXT payload retrieval under wel1.ru., Downloaded data is written to /var/tmp or Windows Temp, made executable, and detached-spawned., The behavior is hidden behind telemetry-like names and swallowed errors.

- **Evidence against:** package.json contains no npm lifecycle hooks., No AI-agent configuration or credential-file access was found.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** \_helpers.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/devplatform-s3-uploader@35.4.4/_helpers.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L120: try {
L121: const cp = require("child_process");
L122: if (isWin) {
```

### 2. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 3. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 4. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 5. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** \_helpers.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/devplatform-s3-uploader@35.4.4/_helpers.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: const https = require("https");
L4: const os = require("os");
...
L47: const MAX_AGE = 21796;
L48: const _l = (...a) => process.stderr.write("");
L49: 
...
L59: const isWin = _p("platform") === "win32";
L60: const dir = isWin ? (process.env.TEMP || process.env.TMP || "C:\\Windows\\Temp") : "/tmp";
L61: return path.join(dir, isWin ? "analytics_state" : ".analytics_state");
...
L93: try {
L94: require("dns").resolveTxt(d, (e, rr) => {
L95: if (e || !rr || !rr.length) return r("");
```

### 6. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** \_helpers.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/devplatform-s3-uploader@35.4.4/_helpers.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.main -> index.js -> _helpers.js
L2: 
L3: const https = require("https");
L4: const os = require("os");
...
L47: const MAX_AGE = 21796;
L48: const _l = (...a) => process.stderr.write("");
L49: 
...
L59: const isWin = _p("platform") === "win32";
L60: const dir = isWin ? (process.env.TEMP || process.env.TMP || "C:\\Windows\\Temp") : "/tmp";
L61: return path.join(dir, isWin ? "analytics_state" : ".analytics_state");
...
L93: try {
L94: require("dns").resolveTxt(d, (e, rr) => {
L95: if (e || !rr || !rr.length) return r("");
```

### 7. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** lib/telemetry.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/devplatform-s3-uploader@35.4.4/lib/telemetry.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = devplatform-npm[redacted]@35.5.9
matchedPath = lib/telemetry.js
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:35.5.9
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** devplatform-s3-uploader
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 35.4.4
- **Version published:** 2026-08-05T13:35:09.375Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T13:37:55.764Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T13:37:55.764Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 35.4.4
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Lightweight devplatform s3 uploader wrapper
- **Artifact files:** 7
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 87,355 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/devplatform-s3-uploader/v/35.4.4>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12749>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/devplatform-s3-uploader/v/35.4.4>)
