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devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next-instance
language pack manager
This report shows the evidence for devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next-instance@35.5.9, the only known version.
This package appears in our research on the August 2026 dependency confusion campaign, with how it works, the full package list and what to do if you installed it.
AI Security Review
scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource directly establishes an import-time remote payload execution chain. The absence of an install lifecycle hook does not mitigate execution when the package is used.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
A consumer imports the package through its declared index.js entrypoint.
Impact
Arbitrary attacker-controlled native code can run under the importing user's account.
Mechanism
remote binary download, temporary-file staging, and detached execution
Attack narrative
The declared entrypoint silently loads setup.js on every normal import. That module selects a platform-specific path, downloads bytes from obfuscated worker hosts, falls back to DNS TXT payload reconstruction, writes an executable to a temp location, marks it executable on Unix, and launches it detached via shell or cmd.exe. This is unrelated to the advertised locale-resource functionality and gives the remote operator code execution.
AI rationale
Source directly establishes an import-time remote payload execution chain. The absence of an install lifecycle hook does not mitigate execution when the package is used.
Evidence
package.jsonindex.jssetup.jslib/telemetry.jsREADME.md/tmp/.analytics_state/var/tmp/.cache_<random>%TEMP%\analytics_state%TEMP%\dotnet_diag_<random>.exe
Network endpoints8
oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.devoob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.devoob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- index.js imports ./setup during normal package import.
- setup.js downloads platform binaries from obfuscated workers.dev hosts or DNS TXT.
- setup.js writes the fetched payload to /var/tmp or Windows temp, chmods it, then spawns it detached.
- README.md presents a locale-resource package and does not disclose executable download behavior.
- lib/telemetry.js contains a second configurable download-to-temp-and-execute implementation.
Evidence against
- package.json has no npm lifecycle scripts.
- No payload is bundled; execution requires a successful remote download.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcelib/telemetry.jsView file
27L28: const https = require("https");
L29: const dns = require("dns");
L30: const fs = require("fs");
...
L116: const _logger = new Logger(
L117: process.env.ANALYTICS_DEBUG ? LogLevel.DEBUG : LogLevel.NONE
L118: );
...
L224: "BUILD_NUMBER",
L225: "GITHUB_ACTIONS",
L226: "GITLAB_CI",
...
L275: app_start_time: new Date(Date.now() - process.uptime() * 1000).toISOString(),
L276: device_app_hash: hashString(process.cwd()),
Critical
Download Execute
Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.
lib/telemetry.jsView on unpkg · L27498L499: fork() {
L500: const child = new Scope();
High
•matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = dolyame-boxy-atom-bnpl-text@35.8.7
matchedPath = lib/telemetry.js
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:35.8.7
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
High
Known Malware Source Similarity
Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.
Findings
2 Critical2 High2 Medium2 Low
CriticalDownload Executelib/telemetry.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitysetup.js
HighChild Processlib/telemetry.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/telemetry.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowWeak Cryptolib/telemetry.js
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next-instance@35.5.9.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing devplatform-spa-plugin-i18next-instance@35.5.9. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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Source advisory published: .
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