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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/boardstep"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/boardstep/report.md"
package: "boardstep"
report_status: "published"
title: "boardstep@1.1.4 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1.4"
---

# boardstep@1.1.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-5800 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:** 1.1.4
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-5800 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5800 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package wires all three npm lifecycle hooks (preinstall, install, postinstall in package.json) to run install.js, which downloads https://www.pooron.org/tester.exe to the system temp directory under a randomized filename, marks it executable, and spawns it detached with stdio ignored and the window hidden (install.js:9 declares PAYLOAD\_URL and install.js:64 calls spawn with {detached: true, stdio: 'ignore',...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Finished:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

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 boardstep@1.1.4.

- Avoid installing boardstep@1.1.4. 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. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

The package wires all three npm lifecycle hooks (preinstall, install, postinstall in package.json) to run install.js, which downloads https://www.pooron.org/tester.exe to the system temp directory under a randomized filename, marks it executable, and spawns it detached with stdio ignored and the window hidden (install.js:9 declares PAYLOAD\_URL and install.js:64 calls spawn with {detached: true, stdio: 'ignore', windowsHide: true}). All errors are swallowed. There is no hash verification, the URL is unpinned, and the destination domain is unrelated to any declared publisher. The advertised purpose is a 'lightweight kanban board utility,' but index.js only exports a trivial stub class with format/getSystemInfo methods — no kanban functionality is present. The package metadata also uses a random-looking author handle ('sfhbdrffthger'), consistent with a cover-story lure paired with a dropper. On \`npm install\`, the installer's machine fetches and silently executes an opaque attacker-controlled binary.

## 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:** boardstep
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1.4
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 9
- **Latest version:** 1.1.4
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/boardstep>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-5800>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/boardstep/MAL-2026-5800.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.0.7>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.0.5>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.1.3>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.1.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.1.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.0.9>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.1.4>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/boardstep/v/1.0.0>)