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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chalk-core/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chalk-core/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "chalk-core"
report_status: "published"
title: "chalk-core@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
---

# chalk-core@1.0.0 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:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14165 confirms this npm version as malicious. chalk-core@1.0.0 typosquats the popular chalk package but ships no chalk functionality — index.js exports an empty object. Its only behavior is in scripts/postinstall.js, which runs automatically on npm install. The script XOR-decodes (key 'stf2026') a hidden URL that resolves to a github.com download, fetches an executable to %TEMP%\\main.exe on Windows, and launches it detached (spawn with detached:true,...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-19T00:45:07.352Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-19T00:45:07.352Z
- **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%

chalk-core@1.0.0 typosquats the popular chalk package but ships no chalk functionality — index.js exports an empty object. Its only behavior is in scripts/postinstall.js, which runs automatically on npm install. The script XOR-decodes (key 'stf2026') a hidden URL that resolves to a github.com download, fetches an executable to %TEMP%\\main.exe on Windows, and launches it detached (spawn with detached:true, stdio:'ignore', windowsHide:true) with no hash or signature verification. When running under WSL, isVirtualizedLinux() inspects /proc/version, /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease, and WSL\_DISTRO\_NAME / WSLENV, then exec()s a XOR-decoded bridge command that reaches out of the Linux guest to the Windows host to fetch and execute the same payload. Before the drop, postinstall assembles the bare IPv4 193.70.34.101 from a string-array literal \['193','70','34','101'\].join('.') and POSTs the host platform to http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote — an install-tracker/kill-switch beacon on a non-standard port. Four separate XOR-encoded byte-array constants (ADDON\_ENC, BRIDGE\_LAUNCHER\_ENC, BRIDGE\_SCRIPT\_PRE\_ENC, BRIDGE\_SCRIPT\_POST\_ENC) hide the download URL and shell commands from casual inspection.

## 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:** chalk-core
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-16T02:48:01.043Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-19T00:45:07.352Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T00:45:07.352Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/chalk-core/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14165>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/chalk-core/v/1.0.0>)