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

# chalk-util@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-2026-14168 confirms this npm version as malicious. chalk-util@1.0.0 is a typosquat of chalk whose index.js exports an empty object; the package's only functional code is scripts/postinstall.js. On npm install, postinstall XOR-decodes an obfuscated URL (key 'stf2026') pointing to an https://github.com/... asset, downloads it to %TEMP%\\main.exe on Windows (and via a decoded PowerShell bridge command on WSL-detected Linux, identified through /proc/version), and spawns...

## 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-util@1.0.0 is a typosquat of chalk whose index.js exports an empty object; the package's only functional code is scripts/postinstall.js. On npm install, postinstall XOR-decodes an obfuscated URL (key 'stf2026') pointing to an https://github.com/... asset, downloads it to %TEMP%\\main.exe on Windows (and via a decoded PowerShell bridge command on WSL-detected Linux, identified through /proc/version), and spawns it detached with a hidden window. The same postinstall reconstructs the bare IP 193.70.34.101 via \['193','70','34','101'\].join('.') and POSTs a JSON body containing the resolved platform label to http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote over plain HTTP as an install beacon. Four separate byte-array constants (ADDON\_ENC, BRIDGE\_LAUNCHER\_ENC, BRIDGE\_SCRIPT\_PRE\_ENC, BRIDGE\_SCRIPT\_POST\_ENC) are XOR-decoded at runtime to hide the fetch URL and the shell command passed to exec(). The auto-execute-on-default-install gate is satisfied via the postinstall lifecycle hook; the fetched binary contents are attacker-controlled and unverified.

## 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-util
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-16T02:48:30.769Z
- **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-util/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14168>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/chalk-util/v/1.0.0>)