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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/file-type-detector/v/1.1.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/file-type-detector/v/1.1.0.md"
package: "file-type-detector"
report_status: "published"
title: "file-type-detector@1.1.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1.0"
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# file-type-detector@1.1.0 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:** 1.1.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-16053 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-16053 confirms this npm version as malicious. A clone of file-type-checker with one function added: isSign(name, moduleName, offset) in dist/validation/image.js reads public/${name}.png from the working directory, splits the buffer at -offset, and writes the trailing payload to../../../{moduleName}/log - a sibling package under node\_modules - then returns isPNG() so the caller sees a plausible boolean...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-09T01:40:04.163Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-09T01:40:04.163Z
- **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 file-type-detector@1.1.0.

- Avoid installing file-type-detector@1.1.0. 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%

A clone of file-type-checker with one function added: isSign(name, moduleName, offset) in dist/validation/image.js reads public/${name}.png from the working directory, splits the buffer at -offset, and writes the trailing payload to../../../{moduleName}/log - a sibling package under node\_modules - then returns isPNG() so the caller sees a plausible boolean. It is undocumented, reachable only via an \_\_exportStar wildcard so it is never named in dist/index.js, and fails silently on try/catch.

Drop stage of a three-package chain: file-type-detector writes the payload, gloggo (1.1.2-1.1.4) executes it via require('./log'), and sonmors (typosquat of sonner) triggers the chain by requiring gloggo. gloggo shares the npm publisher log-developer and was published five minutes apart on 2026-08-27. No install hooks; execution occurs on require().

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 9
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** file-type-detector
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-27T16:39:46.505Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-09T01:40:04.163Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-09T01:40:04.163Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.1.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Detect and validate file types by their signatures (✨magic numbers✨)
- **Author:** Anas
- **Maintainers:** log-developer
- **Keywords:** file, type, checker, signature, magic, numbers, detect, validate, 7z, aac, amr, avi
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 57
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 158,571 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/file-type-detector/v/1.1.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16053>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type-detector/v/1.1.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-type-detector/v/1.1.1>)