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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@gsutevil/hta-stage/v/1.62.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@gsutevil/hta-stage/v/1.62.0.md"
package: "@gsutevil/hta-stage"
report_status: "published"
title: "@gsutevil/hta-stage@1.62.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.62.0"
---

# @gsutevil/hta-stage@1.62.0 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:** 1.62.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-16419 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-16419 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package ships a Windows HTA/WSH loader that installs a remote MSI on the victim host under the control of a base URL supplied at runtime via window.\_\_gsutBases. On execution it (1) disables Anti-Malware Scan Interface for Windows Script Host by writing HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows Script\\Settings\\AmsiEnable = 0 through both WScript.Shell.RegWrite and WMI StdRegProv.SetDWORDValue, with the value name...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-22T23:35:04.760Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-22T23:35:05.537Z
- **Download time:** 756 ms
- **Static scan time:** 20 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 777 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

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

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @gsutevil/hta-stage@1.62.0.

- Avoid installing @gsutevil/hta-stage@1.62.0. 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. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

## 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:** @gsutevil/hta-stage
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.62.0
- **License:** UNLICENSED
- **Version published:** 2026-09-22T06:33:04.764Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-22T23:35:05.537Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-22T23:35:05.537Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.62.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@gsutevil/hta-stage/v/1.62.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16419>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@gsutevil/hta-stage/v/1.62.0>)