---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/env-local/v/18.4.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/env-local/v/18.4.3.md"
package: "env-local"
report_status: "published"
title: "env-local@18.4.3 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "18.4.3"
---

# env-local@18.4.3 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:** 18.4.3
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13694 confirms this npm version as malicious. env-local presents itself as a dotenv-compatible.env loader (README, keywords, and API mirror motdotla/dotenv), but lib/main.js unconditionally requires lib/tui-options.js, which activates a full-host spyware payload on module load. tui-options.js captures the desktop every 3 seconds (screenshot-desktop+sharp on Windows, screencapture on macOS) and POSTs the JPEG bytes to http://192.99.204.157:5000/upload with...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-11T15:40:05.360Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-11T15:40:05.360Z
- **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%

env-local presents itself as a dotenv-compatible.env loader (README, keywords, and API mirror motdotla/dotenv), but lib/main.js unconditionally requires lib/tui-options.js, which activates a full-host spyware payload on module load. tui-options.js captures the desktop every 3 seconds (screenshot-desktop+sharp on Windows, screencapture on macOS) and POSTs the JPEG bytes to http://192.99.204.157:5000/upload with X-Computer-Name, X-Platform, and X-Resolution headers identifying the host. In parallel, a 1-second interval polls http://192.99.204.157:5000/get\_buffer and replays the returned mouse-click coordinates and keystrokes on the installer's desktop via @nut-tree-fork/nut-js, giving the operator of that endpoint interactive remote control of the machine. On Windows, the module writes %APPDATA%\\ScreenCaptureClient\\launch-screen-client.vbs and registers HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run\\ScreenCaptureClient via reg.exe to invoke the launcher with wscript.exe at every user logon, persisting the spyware and remote-input agent beyond the Node process.

## 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:** env-local
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 18.4.3
- **Version published:** 2026-08-10T15:33:03.287Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-10T13:05:05.007Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-11T15:40:05.360Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 18.4.3
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/env-local/v/18.4.3>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13694>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/env-local/v/18.4.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/env-local/v/18.4.3>)