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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/exxpress-utils"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/exxpress-utils/report.md"
package: "exxpress-utils"
report_status: "published"
title: "exxpress-utils@2.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.0.0"
---

# exxpress-utils@2.0.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-3763 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:** 2.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-3763 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-3763 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package declares \`scripts.postinstall\` pointing at \`postinstall.js\`, which runs automatically on \`npm install\`. The script performs three attacker-benefit actions concurrently: (1) reads \`~/.npmrc\`, \`~/.env\`, and \`~/.git-credentials\` and extracts npm \`\_authToken\` / \`npm\_\<36\>\` tokens, \`NPM\_TOKEN\`, \`NPM\_AUTH\_TOKEN\`, \`AWS\_ACCESS\_KEY\_ID\`, \`AWS\_SECRET\_ACCESS\_KEY\`, \`GITHUB\_TOKEN\`, and git URLs with embedded...

## 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 exxpress-utils@2.0.0.

The same advisory and Firewall decision cover these 4 recorded versions: 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.5, 2.0.0.

- Avoid installing exxpress-utils@2.0.0. 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%

The package declares \`scripts.postinstall\` pointing at \`postinstall.js\`, which runs automatically on \`npm install\`. The script performs three attacker-benefit actions concurrently: (1) reads \`~/.npmrc\`, \`~/.env\`, and \`~/.git-credentials\` and extracts npm \`\_authToken\` / \`npm\_\<36\>\` tokens, \`NPM\_TOKEN\`, \`NPM\_AUTH\_TOKEN\`, \`AWS\_ACCESS\_KEY\_ID\`, \`AWS\_SECRET\_ACCESS\_KEY\`, \`GITHUB\_TOKEN\`, and git URLs with embedded credentials; (2) enumerates Chrome / Brave / Edge / Chromium / Vivaldi / Opera profile directories under \`Local Extension Settings/\<walletId\>\` for 71 hardcoded crypto-wallet extension IDs (MetaMask \`nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn\`, Phantom, Coinbase Wallet, Trust Wallet, Ledger, Trezor, etc.) and regex-scans their logs for vault/seed/mnemonic/privateKey/password patterns; (3) walks \`~/Documents\`, \`~/Desktop\`, \`~/Downloads\` for files matching crypto-keyword names and reads their contents. Harvested JSON is POSTed to the hardcoded C2 \`http://149.28.127.35:8888\` over plain HTTP via \`http.request\`. The package name is a double-x typosquat of \`express\`; the advertised purpose is 'utility helpers', \`index.js\` is a no-op stub whose \`description\` contradicts the package name ('Lodash JavaScript utilities bundle'), and \`postinstall.js\` contains self-incriminating header comments ('Token harvester + Crypto wallet scanner', 'Silent. Zero trace.'). Every structural fingerprint of a credential/wallet stealer is present: hardcoded C2 bound to \`http.request\` in a lifecycle hook, browser wallet-extension-ID lookup, seed-phrase directory scanner, and token-regex extraction from \`~/.npmrc\` / \`~/.env\` / \`~/.git-credentials\`.

## 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:** exxpress-utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 4
- **Latest version:** 2.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/exxpress-utils>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-3763>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/exxpress-utils/v/2.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/exxpress-utils/v/1.0.3>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/exxpress-utils/v/1.0.5>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/exxpress-utils/v/1.0.2>)