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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@latlongid/location/v/1.0.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@latlongid/location/v/1.0.1.md"
package: "@latlongid/location"
report_status: "published"
title: "@latlongid/location@1.0.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.1"
---

# @latlongid/location@1.0.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Discloses a hostname-derived identifier to an external DNS domain during installation.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Data Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Installation triggers a DNS request that embeds the installing host's hostname in the queried subdomain. This is unconsented host-fingerprint exfiltration.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-31T17:02:17.028Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-31T17:02:29.274Z
- **Download time:** 1018 ms
- **Static scan time:** 6 ms
- **AI review time:** 11221 ms
- **Total time:** 12246 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Installation triggers a DNS request that embeds the installing host's hostname in the queried subdomain. This is unconsented host-fingerprint exfiltration.

- **Trigger:** npm installation executes the postinstall script.

- **Impact:** Discloses a hostname-derived identifier to an external DNS domain during installation.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, index.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-07-31T17:02:29.274Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** postinstall DNS-based hostname exfiltration

- **Attack narrative:** On installation, package.json invokes index.js. That file reads os.hostname(), hex-encodes and truncates it, adds a random value, and resolves a hostname under dns.gl0b.xyz. The DNS query transfers the hostname-derived value to the operator-controlled domain without user action.

- **Rationale:** The package performs no location-related function; its install hook exists to transmit a machine identifier through DNS. This is concrete install-time data exfiltration.

- **Files touched:** package.json, index.js

- **Network endpoints:** dns.gl0b.xyz

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs \`node index.js\` via postinstall., index.js reads the machine hostname and hex-encodes it., index.js makes a DNS lookup carrying the hostname-derived value in a subdomain., The lookup includes a per-install random label, enabling external correlation.

- **Evidence against:** No file writes, shell execution, or payload loading were found., index.js exports only \`{ ok: true }\` aside from the install-time DNS request.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@latlongid/location@1.0.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node index.js
```

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @latlongid/location
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-07-31T07:15:17.464Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-31T17:02:29.274Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-31T17:02:29.274Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** internal utility
- **Artifact files:** 2
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 485 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@latlongid/location/v/1.0.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12506>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@latlongid/location/MAL-2026-12506.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@latlongid/location/v/1.0.1>)