---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/webdev-conf"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/webdev-conf/report.md"
package: "webdev-conf"
report_status: "published"
title: "webdev-conf@5.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "5.0.0"
---

# webdev-conf@5.0.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12005 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 5.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12005 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12005 confirms this npm version as malicious. webdev-conf@5.0.0 is a typosquat of the sindresorhus/pkg-conf library, published under author 'Sinde Sorus' \<sindesorus@gmail.com\> (homoglyph of Sindre Sorhus). index.js appends an eval(atob(...)) block after the legitimate library code. On require(), the decoded payload queries public Ethereum RPC endpoints and blockscout.com/api for the latest transaction sent from the attacker address...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T00:55:12.164Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T00:55:12.164Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to webdev-conf@5.0.0.

- Avoid installing webdev-conf@5.0.0. 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

webdev-conf@5.0.0 is a typosquat of the sindresorhus/pkg-conf library, published under author 'Sinde Sorus' \<sindesorus@gmail.com\> (homoglyph of Sindre Sorhus). index.js appends an eval(atob(...)) block after the legitimate library code. On require(), the decoded payload queries public Ethereum RPC endpoints and blockscout.com/api for the latest transaction sent from the attacker address 0xa322E5f3D311D3080e6f01210263e9aDC2490Ef1, extracts an IP address from that transaction, then fetches XOR-encrypted next-stage JavaScript from http://\<IP\>:443/0x/cls and http://\<IP\>:443/0x/ls, eval()s it in-process, and re-executes it via spawn('node', \['-e', payload\], {detached:true, windowsHide:true}).unref(). Identifiers such as http, https, child\_process, spawn, and the RPC URLs are hidden with \\uXXXX unicode escapes. The C2 IP is rotatable by the attacker via on-chain transactions (EtherHiding technique). Any package that require()s webdev-conf triggers remote code execution on the installer's host.

## 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:** webdev-conf
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 5.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-04T16:14:11.764Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T00:55:12.164Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T00:55:12.164Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 5.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/webdev-conf>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12005>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/webdev-conf/v/5.0.0>)