registry / axios-test-one / 1.18.7

axios-test-one@1.18.7

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

AI Security Review

scanned 4h ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The ESM entrypoint loads modified Axios source that fingerprints the local system on GET requests. It sends the fingerprint without user opt-in to a fixed local HTTP endpoint.

Static reason

No blocking static signals were detected.

Trigger

An application imports the ESM entrypoint and makes an Axios GET request.

Impact

Leaks local username and system/process metadata to a service listening on the user's loopback interface.

Mechanism

Unconsented host fingerprint collection and HTTP POST telemetry.

Attack narrative

The ESM package entrypoint imports `lib/axios.js`, which reaches the modified `Axios._request` implementation. For every GET request, that code collects host, OS, hardware, username, Node runtime, and process metadata, then posts it to a hard-coded loopback receiver at `127.0.0.1:5000/report`. This behavior is unrelated to an HTTP client’s requested destination, has no opt-in, and is scoped to the ESM path rather than the bundled CJS path.

Rationale

Source inspection confirms a concrete, unconsented data-collection and transmission path activated by normal GET usage. The absence of install hooks does not mitigate the runtime exfiltration behavior.

Evidence

index.jslib/core/Axios.jslib/helpers/readJson.jslib/helpers/telemetry.jspackage.json

Network endpoints1

127.0.0.1:5000/report

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

`lib/core/Axios.js` imports unadvertised telemetry helpers.
Every GET calls `sendTelemetry(readJson())` at `lib/core/Axios.js:152`.
`lib/helpers/readJson.js` collects hostname, OS, CPU/memory, username, Node version, and PID.
`lib/helpers/telemetry.js` POSTs collected data to `127.0.0.1:5000/report`.
`index.js` routes ESM consumers to the altered `lib/` source.

Evidence against

`package.json` has no `preinstall`, `install`, or `postinstall` hook.
The packaged CJS bundle does not contain the telemetry helper path.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsNetwork

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedObfuscatedUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 75 file(s), 1.01 MB of source, external domains: www.google.com

Source & flagged code

2 flagged

README.mdView file

Lines 875-915markdown

875 adapter: function (config) {

876 /* ... */

877 },

878 // Also, you can set the name of the built-in adapter, or provide an array with their names

879 // to choose the first available in the environment

880 adapter: 'xhr', // 'fetch' | 'http' | ['xhr', 'http', 'fetch']

881

882 // `auth` indicates that HTTP Basic auth should be used, and supplies credentials.

883 // This will set an `Authorization` header, overwriting any existing

884 // `Authorization` custom headers you have set using `headers`.

885 // If `auth` is omitted, the Node.js HTTP and fetch adapters can read

886 // HTTP Basic auth credentials from the request URL, for example

887 // `https://user:pass@example.com`. Axios decodes percent-encoded URL

888 // credentials, and `auth` takes precedence over URL-embedded credentials.

889 // The Node.js HTTP adapter preserves Basic auth on same-origin redirects

890 // and strips it on cross-origin redirects.

891 // Please note that only HTTP Basic auth is configurable through this parameter.

892 // For Bearer tokens and such, use `Authorization` custom headers instead.

893 auth: {

894 username: 'janedoe',

895 password: 's00pers3cret'

Medium

Secret Pattern

Hardcoded password in README.md

README.mdView on unpkg · L895

896 },

897

898 // `responseType` indicates the type of data that the server will respond with

899 // options are: 'arraybuffer', 'document', 'json', 'text', 'stream'

900 // browser only: 'blob'

901 responseType: 'json', // default

902

903 // `responseEncoding` indicates encoding to use for decoding responses (Node.js only)

904 // Note: Ignored for `responseType` of 'stream' or client-side requests

905 // options are: 'ascii', 'ASCII', 'ansi', 'ANSI', 'binary', 'BINARY', 'base64', 'BASE64', 'base64url',

906 // 'BASE64URL', 'hex', 'HEX', 'latin1', 'LATIN1', 'ucs-2', 'UCS-2', 'ucs2', 'UCS2', 'utf-8', 'UTF-8',

907 // 'utf8', 'UTF8', 'utf16le', 'UTF16LE'

908 responseEncoding: 'utf8', // default

909

910 // `xsrfCookieName` is the name of the cookie to use as a value for the xsrf token

911 xsrfCookieName: 'XSRF-TOKEN', // default

912

913 // `xsrfHeaderName` is the name of the http header that carries the xsrf token value

914 xsrfHeaderName: 'X-XSRF-TOKEN', // default

915

Lines 1059-1099markdown

1059 // `rejectUnauthorized` to the generated tunneling agent, so they still apply

1060 // to the origin TLS connection.

1061 // If you supply an `HttpsProxyAgent`, axios leaves tunneling to that agent.

1062 // If the proxy server uses HTTPS, then you must set the protocol to `https`.

1063 // A user-supplied `Host` header in `headers` is preserved when forwarding

1064 // through a proxy (case-insensitive match on `host`/`Host`/`HOST`); this

1065 // lets you target a virtual host that differs from the request URL, for

1066 // example, hitting

Source & flagged code

2 flagged · loading source

README.mdView file

895patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 895 matchedText = password...ret'

Medium

Secret Pattern

Hardcoded password in README.md

README.mdView on unpkg · L895

1079patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 1079 matchedText = passwo...

Medium

Secret Pattern

Hardcoded password in README.md

README.mdView on unpkg · L1079

Findings

5 Medium5 Low

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

MediumSecret PatternREADME.md

LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts

LowScripts Present

LowObfuscated

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings