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

# chalk-es@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-2026-14166 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package name mimics \`chalk\` but ships an empty library body; the only real behavior lives in \`scripts/postinstall.js\`. On install the script XOR-decodes (key \`stf2026\`) a hardcoded GitHub URL and downloads a Windows binary to \`%TEMP%\\main.exe\`, then spawns it detached. On WSL/Linux hosts an XOR-decoded bridge command is exec'd to reach the underlying Windows host and run the same payload from inside Linux...

## 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%

Package name mimics \`chalk\` but ships an empty library body; the only real behavior lives in \`scripts/postinstall.js\`. On install the script XOR-decodes (key \`stf2026\`) a hardcoded GitHub URL and downloads a Windows binary to \`%TEMP%\\main.exe\`, then spawns it detached. On WSL/Linux hosts an XOR-decoded bridge command is exec'd to reach the underlying Windows host and run the same payload from inside Linux. The postinstall also POSTs a JSON body containing the resolved platform label (with WSL detection) to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at \`http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote\`, serving as an install beacon/victim tracker. Four byte-array constants (ADDON\_ENC, BRIDGE\_LAUNCHER\_ENC, BRIDGE\_SCRIPT\_PRE\_ENC, BRIDGE\_SCRIPT\_POST\_ENC) are XOR-decoded at runtime specifically to hide the fetch URL and the Windows/WSL execution command.

## 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-es
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-16T02:48:26.685Z
- **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-es/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14166>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/chalk-es/v/1.0.0>)