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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-session-handler/v/2.3.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-session-handler/v/2.3.3.md"
package: "express-session-handler"
report_status: "published"
title: "express-session-handler@2.3.3 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.3.3"
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# express-session-handler@2.3.3 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:** 2.3.3
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14345 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package advertises itself as an Express session middleware but on module load unconditionally invokes an initPlugin() routine in index.js that performs an HTTPS fetch to https://api.jsonbin.io/v3/b/6a4f5816f5f4af5e29762c92, parses the response, extracts the record.cerookie field, and passes the resulting string to Function.constructor with require bound as an argument, executing attacker-controlled JavaScript in...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-21T04:45:04.897Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-21T04:45:04.897Z
- **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%

The package advertises itself as an Express session middleware but on module load unconditionally invokes an initPlugin() routine in index.js that performs an HTTPS fetch to https://api.jsonbin.io/v3/b/6a4f5816f5f4af5e29762c92, parses the response, extracts the record.cerookie field, and passes the resulting string to Function.constructor with require bound as an argument, executing attacker-controlled JavaScript in the installer's Node.js process. The remote document is mutable and controlled by whoever owns that jsonbin bin, so the code executed on any host that requires this module can be changed at any time. The file is prefaced with a '/\*! normalize-path (ES6 safe version) \*/' header and ships an unused normalizePath helper alongside the loader, presenting a cover story unrelated to the actual behavior.

## 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-session-handler
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.3.3
- **Version published:** 2026-08-20T14:49:50.349Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-21T04:45:04.897Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-21T04:45:04.897Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 2.3.3
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/express-session-handler/v/2.3.3>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14345>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session-handler/v/2.3.3>)