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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nextco/utils/v/5.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nextco/utils/v/5.0.0.md"
package: "@nextco/utils"
report_status: "published"
title: "@nextco/utils@5.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "5.0.0"
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# @nextco/utils@5.0.0 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:** 5.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12325 confirms this npm version as malicious. On require(), index.js unconditionally calls a telemetry() function at module top level that collects host reconnaissance (hostname, username, \_\_dirname, cwd, OS/arch, Node version) and the list of environment variable names, base64-encodes the payload, and POSTs it over plain HTTP to the hardcoded host attacker.cl. The destination is not associated with the package's stated publisher (@nextco/utils / nextco.me) and...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **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%

On require(), index.js unconditionally calls a telemetry() function at module top level that collects host reconnaissance (hostname, username, \_\_dirname, cwd, OS/arch, Node version) and the list of environment variable names, base64-encodes the payload, and POSTs it over plain HTTP to the hardcoded host attacker.cl. The destination is not associated with the package's stated publisher (@nextco/utils / nextco.me) and the caller has no opt-out. The behavior fires simply by loading the module, giving an attacker installer host identifiers and an env-var name inventory usable to target follow-on credential theft.

## 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:** @nextco/utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 5.0.0
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 5.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nextco/utils/v/5.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12325>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@nextco/utils/MAL-2026-12325.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nextco/utils/v/5.0.0>)