---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/async-mutex-hook"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/async-mutex-hook/report.md"
package: "async-mutex-hook"
report_status: "published"
title: "async-mutex-hook@2.1.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.1.0"
---

# async-mutex-hook@2.1.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12339 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 2.1.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12339 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12339 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package is published under the name async-mutex-hook and self-describes as a Promise-based mutex library, but ships no mutex implementation. Its exported getPlugin function issues an HTTPS request to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint https://46.183.25.232:45000/icons/108 and passes the response's \`credits\` field to \`new Function('require','module','exports',...,'Promise', data.credits)\`, executing attacker-controlled...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T13:30:17.764Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **Download time:** 254 ms
- **Static scan time:** 37 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 292 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to async-mutex-hook@2.1.0.

- Avoid installing async-mutex-hook@2.1.0. 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: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/async-mutex-hook@2.1.0/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L149: // Note: The code uses async/await, so we need to handle that
L150: const evalFn = new Function(
L151: 'require', 'module', 'exports', '__dirname', '__filename', 'console', 'process', 'global', 'Buffer', 'setTimeout', 'setInterval', 'clearTimeout', 'clearInterval', 'Promise',
```

### 3. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 4. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/async-mutex-hook@2.1.0/index.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = c06bd55d669269cb
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = poly-custom-api@5.3.1
matchedPath = index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:cG9seS1jdXN0b20tYXBp:5.3.1
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 1
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

## 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:** async-mutex-hook
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **License:** ISC
- **Version published:** 2026-07-21T09:02:08.276Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T13:30:18.056Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 2.1.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/async-mutex-hook>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12339>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/async-mutex-hook/MAL-2026-12339.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/async-mutex-hook/v/2.1.0>)