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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cap-ts/esi/v/1.8.51"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cap-ts/esi/v/1.8.51.md"
package: "@cap-ts/esi"
report_status: "published"
title: "@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.8.51"
---

# @cap-ts/esi@1.8.51 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — A remote party can change library availability for every importer, and the thrown text disguises that gate as an npm postinstall failure.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.8.51
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Loading the library runs an obfuscated config loader that fetches and decrypts a remote JSON document, then can abort with a forged npm error. The request host is hidden inside the string decoder.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-27T19:32:29.946Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-27T19:34:40.385Z
- **Download time:** 759 ms
- **Static scan time:** 435 ms
- **AI review time:** 129244 ms
- **Total time:** 130439 ms

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

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Loading the library runs an obfuscated config loader that fetches and decrypts a remote JSON document, then can abort with a forged npm error. The request host is hidden inside the string decoder.

- **Trigger:** Import of the package main, or any module that loads src/lib/\_interface/index.js, including src/lib/connect/index.js.

- **Impact:** A remote party can change library availability for every importer, and the thrown text disguises that gate as an npm postinstall failure.

- **Evidence paths:** src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js, src/lib/\_interface/index.js, src/lib/connect/index.js, src/index.js, src/lib/\_interface/path/index.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-27T19:34:40.385Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** At module load the file loader blocks on HTTPS GET, decrypts AES-256-CBC fields, matches a customer record, reads local consumer config and Cloud Foundry environment, and throws a rotating fake npm message when checks fail.

- **Attack narrative:** The published entry loads connect, which loads the interface module. That module immediately runs an obfuscated loader: it searches the consumer project, blocks on an HTTPS GET to a decoded URL, decrypts the body with AES-256-CBC, and throws a date-picked fake npm error, including a postinstall failure line, when the remote check fails. There is no install script; the behavior starts on import.

- **Rationale:** Import-time obfuscated HTTPS fetch, AES decryption of the response, and forged npm postinstall errors are a hidden remote kill switch, not ordinary SAP connectivity. The decrypted body is JSON rather than evaluated code, but the loader still gives a remote party control over whether the library throws.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 86.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for block:** src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js performs a blocking HTTPS GET to an obfuscated URL and JSON-parses the body., The fetched object is decrypted with AES-256-CBC before a per-customer lookup., On failure the loader throws a date-selected fake npm error, including a postinstall-script failure line., src/lib/\_interface/index.js invokes that loader while the module is loading., src/lib/connect/index.js requires ../\_interface at load, and src/index.js requires the connect export., getConsumerFile searches the process working directory, PWD, INIT\_CWD, and require.main for a consumer file.

- **Evidence against:** package.json declares no preinstall, install, or postinstall script., The decrypted remote body is parsed as JSON; src has no eval, Function, or child\_process usage., The visible GET does not append environment values onto the request URL.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @cap-ts/esi@1.8.51.

- Avoid installing @cap-ts/esi@1.8.51. 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. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** src/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const _0x585562=_0x3418;function _0xa2b0(){const _0x437f15=['W4/cQ0SVW7zbpqpdHgO','zCoFm3TEgaKRW5bvgHC6','l8ohdsSuFr/dONGpW64q','[redacted]','AHmFWORcQcbSW6...
```

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 3. High: Obfuscated Payload Loader
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/index.js>)

Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const _0x585562=_0x3418;function _0xa2b0(){const _0x437f15=['W4/cQ0SVW7zbpqpdHgO','zCoFm3TEgaKRW5bvgHC6','l8ohdsSuFr/dONGpW64q','[redacted]','AHmFWORcQcbSW6...
```

### 4. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 5. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 6. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 7. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** src/lib/\_classes/index.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/lib/_classes/index.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 5
```

### 8. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/lib/_interface/file/index.js>)

src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js performs a blocking HTTPS GET to an obfuscated URL and JSON-parses the body.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
oHttps['get'](_0x45206d(0x84,'ku(J'),_0x33356e=>{const _0x5298be=_0x45206d;let _0x34b75b='';_0x33356e['on'](_0x43a280[_0x5298be(0xb3,'gkbc')],_0x16280d=>_0x34b75b+=_0x16280d),_0x33
```

### 9. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/lib/_interface/file/index.js>)

src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js performs a blocking HTTPS GET to an obfuscated URL and JSON-parses the body.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
oDeAsync[_0x45206d(0xd8,'YS9q')](()=>!_0x483bda),_0x533200)throw _0x533200;return _0x4a3a2d;},'getDefaultJSONConfigDataF
```

### 10. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/lib/_interface/file/index.js>)

The fetched object is decrypted with AES-256-CBC before a per-customer lookup.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
'uTnDs':'aes-256-cbc','HnfED':_0xcfbc12(0xe1,'*PIv'),'RsvIp':_0xcfbc12(0x116,'xjo4'),'aeSHH':_0xcfbc12(0xc9,'QvrD'),'zOurM':function(_0x7b01b2,_0x488a59){return
```

### 11. High: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/lib/\_interface/file/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/lib/_interface/file/index.js>)

On failure the loader throws a date-selected fake npm error, including a postinstall-script failure line.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
npm\x20ERR!\x20Failed\x20at\x20the\x20postinstall\x20script.',_0x55992f(0x12f,'UwPh'),_0x44a9ae[_0x55992f(0xee,'fV3[')],_0x44a9ae[_0x55992f(
```

### 12. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/lib/\_interface/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cap-ts/esi@1.8.51/src/lib/_interface/index.js>)

src/lib/\_interface/index.js invokes that loader while the module is loading.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
oFile=require('./file'),oConfig=oFile[_0x113d91(0x109,'zB)^')](),oLogger=(oLog4js[_0x113d91(0x102,'j0Qv')](_0x113d91(0xe
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 9
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 3
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 12

### Published dependency entries
- @sap-cloud-sdk/connectivity ^4.7.0 (Dependency)
- @sap-cloud-sdk/http-client ^4.7.0 (Dependency)
- deasync ^0.1.30 (Dependency)
- fs-extra ^11.3.0 (Dependency)
- lodash ^4.17.21 (Dependency)
- log4js ^6.9.1 (Dependency)
- soap ^1.10.0 (Dependency)
- uuid ^11.1.0 (Dependency)
- xml2js ^0.6.2 (Dependency)
- @cap-ts/remote-service-adapter ^0.1.0 (PeerDependency)
- @cap-ts/soap-adapter ^0.2.0 || ^0.3.0-beta.0 (PeerDependency)
- @sap/cds ^9.9.1 || ^10 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @cap-ts/esi
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.8.51
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-09-27T17:13:58.274Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-27T19:33:41.796Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-27T19:51:55.952Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.8.51
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Enterprise System Integration Based on SAP CAP
- **Author:** SAP-Code-World
- **Keywords:** SAP, CAP, Remote, Service, Integration
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 35
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 383,463 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cap-ts/esi/v/1.8.51>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/cap-ts/esi.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/cap-ts/esi#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/cap-ts/esi/issues>)
