---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fsbrowse"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fsbrowse/report.md"
package: "fsbrowse"
report_status: "published"
title: "fsbrowse@0.2.28 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "0.2.28"
---

# fsbrowse@0.2.28 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-13722 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:** 0.2.28
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-13722 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13722 confirms this npm version as malicious. Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-11T01:05:06.147Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-11T01:05:06.922Z
- **Download time:** 501 ms
- **Static scan time:** 274 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 775 ms

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 fsbrowse@0.2.28.

- Avoid installing fsbrowse@0.2.28. 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/fsbrowse@0.2.28/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L465: return router;
L466: };                                                                                                                                                                                  ...
L467:
```

### 3. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** test.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/fsbrowse@0.2.28/test.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L285: const fnBody = src.match(/function parseArgs\(argv\) \{[\s\S]*?^}/m)[0];
L286: const parseArgs = new Function('return ' + fnBody)();
L287:
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

### 5. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 6. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/fsbrowse@0.2.28/index.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L465: return router;
L466: };                                                                                                                                                                                  ...
L467:
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

## 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:** fsbrowse
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.2.28
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-09T23:06:00.992Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-11T01:05:06.922Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-11T01:05:06.922Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 0.2.28
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/fsbrowse>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13722>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pvvh-h7rh-2c7g>)