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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fmt-util-k7x2/v/1.0.1.md"
package: "fmt-util-k7x2"
report_status: "published"
title: "fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.1"
---

# fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.1 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:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **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:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-13T23:45:10.841Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-13T23:45:11.380Z
- **Download time:** 510 ms
- **Static scan time:** 28 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 539 ms

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node setup.js
```

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 4. High: Cloud Metadata Access
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/fmt-util-k7x2@1.0.1/setup.js>)

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: // environment compatibility check
L2: const http = require('http');
L3: const https = require('https');
...
L7: ['c', 'https://twilio.jfrog.io/'],
L8: ['d', 'http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/'],
L9: ['e', 'https://artifacts.twilio.com/'],
```

### 5. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 6. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 7. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 90.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **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:** 1.0.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-12T15:51:52.636Z
- **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/1.0.1>)
- [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>)