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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/datefmt-util-helper/v/1.0.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/datefmt-util-helper/v/1.0.1.md"
package: "datefmt-util-helper"
report_status: "published"
title: "datefmt-util-helper@1.0.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.1"
---

# datefmt-util-helper@1.0.1 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:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13978 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package presents itself as a date-formatting utility but ships a postinstall reverse shell. package.json declares scripts.postinstall = 'node postinstall.js'; postinstall.js hardcodes VPS = '8.135.48.40' and PORT = 4444 and runs execSync of a python3 -c payload that opens a socket to that host and invokes pty.spawn('/bin/bash'), with fallback branches using python3 subprocess and a Node net +...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **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 presents itself as a date-formatting utility but ships a postinstall reverse shell. package.json declares scripts.postinstall = 'node postinstall.js'; postinstall.js hardcodes VPS = '8.135.48.40' and PORT = 4444 and runs execSync of a python3 -c payload that opens a socket to that host and invokes pty.spawn('/bin/bash'), with fallback branches using python3 subprocess and a Node net + child\_process.spawn('/bin/bash') chain. Runs automatically during \`npm install\`, giving the remote host full interactive shell control on the installer's machine as the installing user. index.js implements a trivial date formatter as cover (a source comment translates to 'disguised as a normal date-formatting tool'); the library surface exists only to legitimize the package.

## 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-util-helper
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Version published:** 2026-08-13T14:41:09.901Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/datefmt-util-helper/v/1.0.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13978>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/datefmt-util-helper/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/datefmt-util-helper/v/1.0.0>)