devplatform-iam-client (npm) · Malicious Code
Affects devplatform-iam-clientSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove devplatform-iam-client and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 5 Aug 2026, 16:32 UTC
Malicious package
Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-12715
What to do
Remove devplatform-iam-client from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npmdevplatform-iam-client | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
The devplatform-iam-client npm package contains malicious code that executes automatically upon loading. It downloads an opaque binary from obfuscated Cloudflare Workers endpoints and DNS-TXT record fallbacks, writes it to a disguised temporary path, sets executable permissions, and runs it detached. This behavior enables full host code execution on the machine that installs or requires the package. The package appears to be a dependency confusion attack targeting internal registry names.