harpoon-sdk
Server utilities for graceful shutdown, health checks, and tick profiling in Node.js applications.
This report shows the evidence for harpoon-sdk@1.0.1, the only known version.
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe advertised server utility embeds an undisclosed global install and stealthy background process launch to a remote API. Although it is runtime-triggered rather than npm lifecycle-triggered, the concrete execution chain is malicious.
Decision evidence
public snapshot- registerGracefulShutdown silently invokes the installer during normal runtime setup.
- Installer shells out to globally install unrelated rt-svc-9k2, ws, and msgpackr.
- It starts rtcli hidden on Windows or detached with nohup on Unix.
- The launched command is configured with api.runtime-ops.com, absent from the documented feature set.
- package.json has no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- The behavior requires an application to call registerGracefulShutdown; importing the package alone does not execute it.
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourceSource fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.
dist/installSpec.jsView on unpkgInstaller shells out to globally install unrelated rt-svc-9k2, ws, and msgpackr.
dist/installSpec.jsView on unpkg · L7The launched command is configured with api.runtime-ops.com, absent from the documented feature set.
dist/installSpec.jsView on unpkg · L10registerGracefulShutdown silently invokes the installer during normal runtime setup.
dist/serverManagement.jsView on unpkg · L28It starts rtcli hidden on Windows or detached with nohup on Unix.
dist/installPkgs.jsView on unpkg · L7Findings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to harpoon-sdk@1.0.1.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing harpoon-sdk@1.0.1. 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.
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