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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.12"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.12.md"
package: "@decido/backend-core"
report_status: "published"
title: "@decido/backend-core@4.1.12 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "4.1.12"
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# @decido/backend-core@4.1.12 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Quarantined by product-default policy — this version is not allowed through the firewall.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 4.1.12
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13621 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package exports createAuthMiddleware / createAuthRouter for use as Express authentication middleware in downstream applications. The middleware short-circuits JWT verification when the incoming Authorization header bearer value equals the literal string 'mock-admin-token', returning a synthesized ADMIN user and calling next() without any further validation...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-07T17:30:10.087Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-07T17:30:10.087Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

## Security analysis

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

## Public findings

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

The package exports createAuthMiddleware / createAuthRouter for use as Express authentication middleware in downstream applications. The middleware short-circuits JWT verification when the incoming Authorization header bearer value equals the literal string 'mock-admin-token', returning a synthesized ADMIN user and calling next() without any further validation. A second literal 'mock-token-123' grants a STUDENT identity on the same code path. Any deployment that wires this middleware into its Express app accepts these fixed strings as valid credentials, so any HTTP client that sends 'Authorization: Bearer mock-admin-token' passes requirePermission checks that gate administrative routes (user listing, role changes, permission editing). The tokens are hardcoded in published code and are effectively universal admin credentials known to anyone who inspects the package.

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

- **Dependencies:** 5
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 12
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5

### Published dependency entries
- bcryptjs ^3.0.3 (Dependency)
- express ^5.2.1 (Dependency)
- firebase-admin ^13.8.0 (Dependency)
- jsonwebtoken ^9.0.3 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.3.6 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @decido/backend-core
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.1.12
- **License:** UNLICENSED
- **Version published:** 2026-08-03T00:29:43.514Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-07T17:30:10.087Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-07T17:30:10.087Z
- **Known versions:** 4
- **Latest version:** 4.1.19
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Agnostic backend utilities package for Express
- **Maintainers:** decido
- **Artifact files:** 40
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 62,220 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.12>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13621>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@decido/backend-core/MAL-2026-13621.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.18>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.19>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@decido/backend-core/v/4.1.12>)