OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11492 confirms this npm version as malicious. No static or traced behavioral signals of supply-chain attack were observed in this package. There is no evidence of install-time or import-time code execution beyond ordinary package contents, no credential or environment scraping, no network exfiltration to attacker-controlled destinations, no dropper, no silent-relay, and no backdoor mechanism. The package name and version suggest a small or test/utility release.
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in test-dev-link (npm)
Details
No static or traced behavioral signals of supply-chain attack were observed in this package. There is no evidence of install-time or import-time code execution beyond ordinary package contents, no credential or environment scraping, no network exfiltration to attacker-controlled destinations, no dropper, no silent-relay, and no backdoor mechanism. The package name and version suggest a small or test/utility release.
## Source: ghsa-malware (753c40af198c777d7248e2e3f9c4df1ffdb26e7acecb35a05c76c38dfc07bc74) 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.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms test-dev-link@0.1.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-11492): Malicious code in test-dev-link (npm)