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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "fmt-util-k7x2"
report_status: "published"
title: "fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
---

# fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.0 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:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13950 confirms this npm version as malicious. fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.1 advertises itself as a trivial string-formatting utility (index.js exports two-line pad/trim helpers), but its package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs setup.js on every npm install. setup.js probes a list of Twilio-internal hostnames (including code.hq.twilio.com, stage.twilio.com, twilio.jfrog.io, artifacts.twilio.com) and the AWS EC2 instance metadata endpoint at 169.254.169.254,...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **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%

fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.1 advertises itself as a trivial string-formatting utility (index.js exports two-line pad/trim helpers), but its package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs setup.js on every npm install. setup.js probes a list of Twilio-internal hostnames (including code.hq.twilio.com, stage.twilio.com, twilio.jfrog.io, artifacts.twilio.com) and the AWS EC2 instance metadata endpoint at 169.254.169.254, then concatenates the per-target reachability results and sends them as a query string to a hardcoded external host at http://whstool.brkd.no/cb53e6db-e043-4383-89e9-853c9088ee5d?v=\<results\>. The per-install UUID callback identifies each victim uniquely, and the target set (internal corporate hostnames + cloud metadata service) matches the dependency-confusion reconnaissance pattern. The exfil destination is not owned by Twilio and is unrelated to the package's advertised purpose. The random-suffix name and mismatch between advertised functionality and postinstall behavior are consistent with a targeted dependency-confusion package aimed at Twilio build environments.

## 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:** fmt-util-k7x2
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-12T15:50:54.197Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13950>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.0>)