---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/cs-devtest/v/1.1.16"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/cs-devtest/v/1.1.16.md"
package: "cs-devtest"
report_status: "published"
title: "cs-devtest@1.1.16 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1.16"
---

# cs-devtest@1.1.16 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Unconsented disclosure of Git identity, remote account/password mutation, project-admin grants, credential injection, and executable payload installation.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Credential Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 1.1.16
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

On npm postinstall, the package modifies the consuming project and contacts a hardcoded SonarQube server. It uploads the local Git email to create/reset an account, grant admin access, and writes credentials locally.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-18T17:38:44.614Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-18T17:39:37.295Z
- **Download time:** 518 ms
- **Static scan time:** 229 ms
- **AI review time:** 51933 ms
- **Total time:** 52681 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** On npm postinstall, the package modifies the consuming project and contacts a hardcoded SonarQube server. It uploads the local Git email to create/reset an account, grant admin access, and writes credentials locally.

- **Trigger:** npm postinstall for cs-devtest

- **Impact:** Unconsented disclosure of Git identity, remote account/password mutation, project-admin grants, credential injection, and executable payload installation.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/index.js, lib/gitleaks.js, lib/sonarqube.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-18T17:39:37.295Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** automatic remote SonarQube account administration and unverified binary download

- **Attack narrative:** Installing the package triggers initialization without an explicit command. It downloads a platform binary, then uses a hardcoded SonarQube endpoint and embedded credentials to create a project, transmit the local Git email, create or reset a corresponding user, grant that user project-admin access, and write the endpoint credentials into the consumer project.

- **Rationale:** The automatic lifecycle path performs unconsented identity disclosure and privileged remote account management against a hardcoded third-party server. This concrete behavior exceeds the claimed local development-tool setup.

- **Files touched:** package.json, .husky/pre-commit, .gitleaksignore, .tools/gitleaks/, sonar-project.properties, .gitignore

- **Network endpoints:** http://34.100.239.232:9000, https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/releases/download/v8.18.0/

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** postinstall automatically runs project initialization., Initialization downloads and executes an unsigned Gitleaks binary., It reads the local Git email and sends it to a hardcoded SonarQube host., It creates or resets that host's user account and grants project admin access., It writes embedded Sonar credentials into the target project's config.

- **Evidence against:** The remote binary download is nominally for the advertised Gitleaks setup., No obfuscation or unrelated data-harvesting logic was found in inspected entrypoints.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/index.js init
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/index.js init
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/bin/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: // npm does NOT guarantee our own node_modules exists before running postinstall.
L9: // We must bootstrap ourselves using only fs, path, child_process (always available).
L10: // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** lib/gitleaks.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/lib/gitleaks.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: const path = require('path');
L5: const execa = require('execa');
L6: const https = require('https');
```

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/bin/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L10: // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
L11: const fs = require('fs');
L12: const path = require('path');
```

### 8. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 9. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 10. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** lib/sonarqube.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/lib/sonarqube.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: const { installDevDependency } = require('./packageManager');
L7: const { execSync } = require('child_process');
L8: 
L9: const SONAR_PROPS_FILE = 'sonar-project.properties';
L10: const DEFAULT_SONAR_HOST = process.env.SONAR_HOST_URL || 'http://34.100.239.232:9000';
L11: const DEFAULT_SONAR_TOKEN = process.env.SONAR_TOKEN || 'squ_76811d68e795b642385b1de37dc97fb41a13c252';
```

### 12. High: Unverified Remote Native Payload Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/package.json>)

Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/index.js init
Install-time code downloads an unverified remote native archive, stages it locally, activates an executable path, and exposes it to process execution.
L5: const execa = require('execa');
L6: const https = require('https');
L7: const { logInfo, logSuccess } = require('./logger');
...
L15: if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
L16: return { filename: `gitleaks_${VERSION}_darwin_${arch}.tar.gz`, extract: 'tar', binary: 'gitleaks' };
L17: }
...
L20: }
L21: return { filename: `gitleaks_${VERSION}_linux_${arch}.tar.gz`, extract: 'tar', binary: 'gitleaks' };
L22: }
...
L32: // skip comments and empty lines for duplicate check
L33: if (entry.startsWith('#') || entry.trim() === '') {
L34: if (!content.includes(entry)) {
L36: await fs.copy(CI_SCRIPT_TEMP
```

### 13. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** lib/husky.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/lib/husky.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L28: try {
L29: await execa('npx', ['husky'], opts);              // husky v9+
L30: } catch {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** templates/github-template/scripts/run-all-scans.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/templates/github-template/scripts/run-all-scans.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = templates/github-template/scripts/run-all-scans.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 25265
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 17. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

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

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/bin/index.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = cs-devtest@1.1.11
matchedPath = bin/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Y3MtZGV2dGVzdA:1.1.11
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** lib/gitleaks.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/lib/gitleaks.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = cs-devtest@1.1.11
matchedPath = lib/gitleaks.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Y3MtZGV2dGVzdA:1.1.11
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** templates/github-template/scripts/generate-html.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/templates/github-template/scripts/generate-html.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = cs-devtest@1.1.11
matchedPath = templates/github-template/scripts/generate-html.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Y3MtZGV2dGVzdA:1.1.11
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** lib/sonarqube.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/cs-devtest@1.1.16/lib/sonarqube.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = cs-devtest@1.1.6
matchedIdentity = npm:Y3MtZGV2dGVzdA:1.1.6
similarity = 0.714
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepare
- **Dependencies:** 12
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 2
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 14

### Published dependency entries
- @eslint/js ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0 (Dependency)
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin \>=5.0.0 (Dependency)
- @typescript-eslint/parser \>=5.0.0 (Dependency)
- chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^17.3.1 (Dependency)
- eslint ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0 (Dependency)
- execa ^5.1.1 (Dependency)
- fs-extra ^11.3.3 (Dependency)
- husky ^9.0.11 (Dependency)
- newman ^6.2.1 (Dependency)
- newman-reporter-htmlextra ^1.23.1 (Dependency)
- sonarqube-scanner ^4.0.0 (Dependency)
- @eslint/js ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0 (PeerDependency)
- eslint ^8.0.0 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** cs-devtest
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1.16
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-18T12:29:44.133Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-14T12:42:14.572Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T12:39:50.094Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 1.2.7
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Automatic Husky + Gitleaks + SonarQube setup for any JS/TS project
- **Author:** Your Name
- **Keywords:** husky, gitleaks, git-hooks, security, sonarqube, typescript, eslint
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=16.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 22
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 154,284 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/cs-devtest/v/1.1.16>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Creolestudios/DevOps-standards.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Creolestudios/DevOps-standards#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Creolestudios/DevOps-standards/issues>)
