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

# datefmt-core-utils@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-2026-14031 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package advertises itself as a date-formatting utility but ships a postinstall.js that npm auto-executes on install via scripts.postinstall. postinstall.js opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote 8.135.48.40:4444 and wires /bin/bash stdio to that socket, giving the remote endpoint an interactive shell on the installer's machine. Three redundant methods are attempted (python3 pty.spawn, python3 subprocess,...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-14T14:55:05.134Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-14T14:55:05.134Z
- **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%

The package advertises itself as a date-formatting utility but ships a postinstall.js that npm auto-executes on install via scripts.postinstall. postinstall.js opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded remote 8.135.48.40:4444 and wires /bin/bash stdio to that socket, giving the remote endpoint an interactive shell on the installer's machine. Three redundant methods are attempted (python3 pty.spawn, python3 subprocess, and Node net+child\_process.spawn of '/bin/bash -i'). The index.js date-formatting code is a cover story unrelated to the postinstall payload.

## 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:** datefmt-core-utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-14T00:56:39.314Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-14T14:55:05.134Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-14T14:55:05.134Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/datefmt-core-utils/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14031>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/datefmt-core-utils/v/1.0.0>)