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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/dev-env-check/v/1.0.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/dev-env-check/v/1.0.3.md"
package: "dev-env-check"
report_status: "published"
title: "dev-env-check@1.0.3 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.3"
---

# dev-env-check@1.0.3 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:** 1.0.3
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14176 confirms this npm version as malicious. On install, lib/platform-compat.js runs from the postinstall hook and, on Windows, uses powershell.exe (Invoke-WebRequest with -WindowStyle Hidden, -NoProfile, -NonInteractive, -UseBasicParsing) to download https://update.setuponline.click/update to %TEMP%\\msedge\_update.exe and then executes it detached via execFile with windowsHide. The C2 URL, the dropped filename, the powershell.exe path, and the PowerShell CLI...

## 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%

On install, lib/platform-compat.js runs from the postinstall hook and, on Windows, uses powershell.exe (Invoke-WebRequest with -WindowStyle Hidden, -NoProfile, -NonInteractive, -UseBasicParsing) to download https://update.setuponline.click/update to %TEMP%\\msedge\_update.exe and then executes it detached via execFile with windowsHide. The C2 URL, the dropped filename, the powershell.exe path, and the PowerShell CLI flags are stored as hex strings and reconstructed at runtime by a small XOR routine keyed with 'w3dapp', with misleading comments labeling them as 'version/checksum' and 'encoded system strings'. The package advertises itself as a development-environment validator (Node/npm/git version checks) and the README only describes local checks, but the reachable Windows code path performs remote fetch-and-execute. The filename msedge\_update.exe impersonates a Microsoft Edge update; update.setuponline.click is not a Microsoft domain.

## 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:** dev-env-check
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.3
- **Version published:** 2026-08-18T20:38:40.310Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-19T00:45:07.352Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T00:45:07.352Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.3
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/dev-env-check/v/1.0.3>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14176>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/dev-env-check/v/1.0.3>)