---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@iobandamwer/cache-helper"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@iobandamwer/cache-helper/v/0.0.0-stage.md"
package: "@iobandamwer/cache-helper"
report_status: "published"
title: "@iobandamwer/cache-helper@0.0.0-stage npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "0.0.0-stage"
---

# @iobandamwer/cache-helper@0.0.0-stage npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-18329 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI assessed this version as clean; the assessments disagree.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 0.0.0-stage
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-18329 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI assessed this version as clean; the assessments disagree.

Independent AI assessment: clean. LPM AI assessed this version as clean; the assessments disagree.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-18329 confirms this npm version as malicious. Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-29T14:36:26.265Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-29T14:36:41.754Z
- **Download time:** 1021 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1 ms
- **AI review time:** 14466 ms
- **Total time:** 15489 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:** No attack was identified in this placeholder package.

- **Trigger:** No package code or lifecycle hooks are present to run on install, import, or command startup.

- **Impact:** No harmful behavior or package-controlled side effects were identified.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-29T14:36:41.754Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The snapshot contains only a manifest and README, with no declared scripts or executable entry points.

- **Rationale:** The package is a minimal placeholder with no lifecycle scripts, runtime entry points, or implementation files. Its contents match the stated temporary placeholder purpose.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The manifest contains only package identity, a stub marker, and a placeholder description; it declares no lifecycle scripts or executable entry points., The file listing contains only package.json and README.md; the README describes this as a temporary placeholder awaiting a staged release.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @iobandamwer/cache-helper@0.0.0-stage.

- Avoid installing @iobandamwer/cache-helper@0.0.0-stage. 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.

### 2. High: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@iobandamwer/cache-helper@0.0.0-stage/package.json>)

The manifest contains only package identity, a stub marker, and a placeholder description; it declares no lifecycle scripts or executable entry points.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
{
  "name": "@iobandamwer/cache-helper",
  "version": "0.0.0-stage",
  "stub": true,
  "description": "Temporary package placeholder for staged publishing"
}
```

### 3. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Path:** README.md
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@iobandamwer/cache-helper@0.0.0-stage/README.md>)

The file listing contains only package.json and README.md; the README describes this as a temporary placeholder awaiting a staged release.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```markdown
# Temporary Holding Version

This version is a temporary placeholder for this package. An operational version to replace this has been submitted for review and is awaiting a staged release.
```

## 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:** @iobandamwer/cache-helper
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.0.0-stage
- **Version published:** 2026-10-26T16:25:28.535Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-26T16:27:45.813Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-29T14:36:41.754Z
- **Known versions:** 14
- **Latest version:** 0.0.1-security
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Temporary package placeholder for staged publishing
- **Maintainers:** npm
- **Artifact files:** 2
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 347 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@iobandamwer/cache-helper/v/0.0.0-stage>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18329>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j83w-xhgf-7m58>)
