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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/dust-helpers/v/9999.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/dust-helpers/v/9999.0.0.md"
package: "dust-helpers"
report_status: "published"
title: "dust-helpers@9999.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "9999.0.0"
---

# dust-helpers@9999.0.0 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:** 9999.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12786 confirms this npm version as malicious. On \`npm install\`, the package's \`preinstall\` script runs \`node callback.js\`, which collects \`os.hostname()\`, \`os.userInfo().username\`, \`process.cwd()\`, \`npm\_config\_registry\`, and multiple CI repository-slug environment variables (GITHUB\_REPOSITORY, CI\_PROJECT\_PATH, BUILD\_REPOSITORY\_NAME, and similar) and sends them as query-string parameters in an HTTP GET to the hardcoded endpoint...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **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 \`npm install\`, the package's \`preinstall\` script runs \`node callback.js\`, which collects \`os.hostname()\`, \`os.userInfo().username\`, \`process.cwd()\`, \`npm\_config\_registry\`, and multiple CI repository-slug environment variables (GITHUB\_REPOSITORY, CI\_PROJECT\_PATH, BUILD\_REPOSITORY\_NAME, and similar) and sends them as query-string parameters in an HTTP GET to the hardcoded endpoint \`http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse\`. The package is published at version \`9999.0.0\` with a generic description and the exfil path is literally \`/depconfuse\`, matching the dependency-confusion reconnaissance pattern: publish a very-high-version squat of an internal-sounding name to the public registry so private builds that misresolve pick it up and identify themselves to the attacker. Installer identity, working directory, internal registry URL, and internal repository slugs leave the host to an attacker-controlled bare-IP endpoint at install time, enabling targeted follow-on supply-chain intrusion against the affected organization.

## 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:** dust-helpers
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 9999.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-02T19:32:48.421Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 9999.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/dust-helpers/v/9999.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12786>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/dust-helpers/v/9999.0.0>)