---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.4.md"
package: "@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils"
report_status: "published"
title: "@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils@1.0.4 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.4"
---

# @years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils@1.0.4 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:** 1.0.4
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13869 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package ships a malicious n8n community node with three independent installer-harm paths. (1) package.json declares a postinstall script that shells out via \`node -e\` to run \`id\` and \`hostname\` and writes the output to /tmp/pwned.txt at \`npm install\` time. (2) The package \`main\` (index.js) executes \`id; hostname; uname -a; ls -la /home; cat /etc/hostname\` at top-level on require() and writes the collected data to...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **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%

Package ships a malicious n8n community node with three independent installer-harm paths. (1) package.json declares a postinstall script that shells out via \`node -e\` to run \`id\` and \`hostname\` and writes the output to /tmp/pwned.txt at \`npm install\` time. (2) The package \`main\` (index.js) executes \`id; hostname; uname -a; ls -la /home; cat /etc/hostname\` at top-level on require() and writes the collected data to /tmp/n8n\_pwned.txt; comments in the file explicitly acknowledge it runs inside n8n's main process with no sandbox, and n8n auto-loads community node packages on startup. (3) The exported HelperUtils node's execute() unconditionally runs \`id; hostname; uname -a; ls -la /home; ls -la /\` and returns the output as node output labelled \`pwned: true\`, rather than performing the utility transformation the package name advertises. The three payloads together, along with the self-identifying \`pwned\` filenames and output flags, are a proof-of-concept malicious n8n node that gains code execution on the installer host at install, on module load, and on workflow execution.

## 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:** @years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **Known versions:** 7
- **Latest version:** 1.0.6
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.4>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13869>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.5>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.6>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.4>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@years17/n8n-nodes-helper-utils/v/1.0.3>)