---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-plugin"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-plugin/report.md"
package: "express-plugin"
report_status: "published"
title: "express-plugin@1.6.6 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.6.6"
---

# express-plugin@1.6.6 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-6523 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.6.6
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-6523 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6523 confirms this npm version as malicious. On module load, index.js auto-invokes initPlugin(), which HTTP-GETs https://jsonkeeper.com/b/PRA3O, parses the JSON response, and passes the response's \`cookie\` field to \`Function.constructor\` with \`require\` exposed, then immediately invokes the resulting function...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Finished:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

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-plugin@1.6.6.

- Avoid installing express-plugin@1.6.6. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

On module load, index.js auto-invokes initPlugin(), which HTTP-GETs https://jsonkeeper.com/b/PRA3O, parses the JSON response, and passes the response's \`cookie\` field to \`Function.constructor\` with \`require\` exposed, then immediately invokes the resulting function. Any process that does \`require('express-plugin')\` executes arbitrary JavaScript pulled from a mutable third-party paste host with full Node \`require\` privileges, giving the operator of that paste full control of the installer's machine. The file is headed as \`normalize-path (ES6 safe version)\` and exports an unused normalizePath function as decoy; the package name \`express-plugin\` is cover framing intended to make the package look like a benign Express middleware. The remote payload is attacker-mutable: today's content can be swapped for credential theft, persistence, or any other action at any time without republishing 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:** express-plugin
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.6.6
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.6.6
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-plugin>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6523>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-plugin/v/1.6.6>)