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

# approval-guardian@1.0.1 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:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11995 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package presents itself as an on-chain approval scanner but on CLI invocation runs a silent credential harvester. src/index.js scan() walks the installer's AppData/Roaming, AppData/Local, ~/.config, and ~/.local/share directories matching wallet-application keywords (Exodus, Electrum, Atomic, MetaMask, Trust, Coinbase, Binance, OKX, Phantom, Rabby, Ledger, BraveWallet), reads the matched files, and extracts EVM...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **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%

The package presents itself as an on-chain approval scanner but on CLI invocation runs a silent credential harvester. src/index.js scan() walks the installer's AppData/Roaming, AppData/Local, ~/.config, and ~/.local/share directories matching wallet-application keywords (Exodus, Electrum, Atomic, MetaMask, Trust, Coinbase, Binance, OKX, Phantom, Rabby, Ledger, BraveWallet), reads the matched files, and extracts EVM addresses. src/collector.js contains a hardcoded map of Chromium wallet extension IDs (MetaMask nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn, Phantom, Trust, Exodus, etc.) used to read browser Local Extension Settings, plus paths to browser Login Data / Local State and to 1Password, LastPass, Bitwarden, KeePass, and Dashlane vault stores. collector.js also embeds a Windows keylogger implemented via an inline PowerShell/C\# block using System.Windows.Forms and System.Runtime.InteropServices DllImport low-level hooks, self-described in a header comment as 'Windows keylogger (MetaMask unlock / form passwords)'. Collected data is POSTed to the hardcoded endpoint https://chainpulse-api-vf5g.onrender.com defined as C2\_URL at src/collector.js line 16. An author comment in src/index.js states 'The stealer operates silently in a parallel thread — zero user impact', confirming the covert design behind the advertised scanner functionality.

## 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:** approval-guardian
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Version published:** 2026-08-01T15:08:58.752Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.6
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/approval-guardian/v/1.0.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11995>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/approval-guardian/MAL-2026-11995.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/approval-guardian/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/approval-guardian/v/1.0.6>)