---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/gaarf/v/3.2.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/gaarf/v/3.2.1.md"
package: "gaarf"
report_status: "published"
title: "gaarf@3.2.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "3.2.1"
---

# gaarf@3.2.1 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:** 3.2.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14236 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's postinstall lifecycle script runs automatically on npm install and collects installer host identifiers (os.hostname(), platform, arch, Node version, package name, lifecycle event) and POSTs them to the hardcoded host n8wx863s.instances.poc.jchunt.top at path /gaarf. The destination is not the installer's infrastructure and is not caller-configurable...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-19T04:25:06.540Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-19T04:25:06.540Z
- **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%

The package's postinstall lifecycle script runs automatically on npm install and collects installer host identifiers (os.hostname(), platform, arch, Node version, package name, lifecycle event) and POSTs them to the hardcoded host n8wx863s.instances.poc.jchunt.top at path /gaarf. The destination is not the installer's infrastructure and is not caller-configurable. The package name 'gaarf' matches the short name of google/ads-api-report-fetcher, so installs are most likely typos of that package; the beacon fires on those mistaken installs and reports the mistyping host to a third-party endpoint.

## 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:** gaarf
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 3.2.1
- **Version published:** 2026-08-12T13:23:10.372Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-19T04:25:06.540Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T04:25:06.540Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 3.2.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/gaarf/v/3.2.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14236>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/gaarf/v/3.2.1>)