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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/base65-11x/v/5.0.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/base65-11x/v/5.0.2.md"
package: "base65-11x"
report_status: "published"
title: "base65-11x@5.0.2 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "5.0.2"
---

# base65-11x@5.0.2 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:** 5.0.2
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13745 confirms this npm version as malicious. base65-11x is a name-lookalike of the widely used base-x encoder. Both entrypoints (src/cjs/index.cjs and src/esm/index.js, ~127KB each vs. ~4KB for real base-x) contain the legitimate base-x source followed by a ~123KB single-line obfuscated payload wrapped in a custom-VM IIFE (identifiers vmN, vmA\_ab9191, vmU\_d6a896; Object.defineProperty-based dispatch on a global slot)...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-11T19:20:04.538Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-11T19:20:05.131Z
- **Download time:** 254 ms
- **Static scan time:** 338 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 593 ms

## Security analysis

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

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** src/esm/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/base65-11x@5.0.2/src/esm/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L113: function decode(string) {
L114: let vmN=typeof globalThis!=='undefined'?globalThis:typeof window!=='undefined'?window:global,vmA_ab9191=vmN['vmA_ab9191']||(vmN['vmA_ab9191']={});const vmU_d6a896=(function(){var i...
L115: const buffer = decodeUnsafe(string)
```

### 3. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 4. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** base65-11x
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 5.0.2
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-11T11:11:06.474Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-11T19:20:05.131Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-11T19:20:05.131Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 5.0.2
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/base65-11x/v/5.0.2>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13745>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/base65-11x/v/5.0.2>)