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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/html-to-gutenberg/v/4.2.12"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/html-to-gutenberg/v/4.2.12.md"
package: "html-to-gutenberg"
report_status: "published"
title: "html-to-gutenberg@4.2.12 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "4.2.12"
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# html-to-gutenberg@4.2.12 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:** 4.2.12
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6359 confirms this npm version as malicious. The tarball contains \`.vscode/tasks.json\` with a hidden task (\`hide: true\`, \`runOn: folderOpen\`, label \`eslint-check\`) whose command executes \`node./public/fonts/fa-solid-400.woff2\`. The referenced file is not a WOFF2 font; it is obfuscated Node.js source (hex-identifier obfuscator preamble \`global.i = 'A8'; const \_0x3d50aa=\_0x4540;...\`, \`global.r=require\`) that imports \`http\`, \`https\`, \`zlib\`, and...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-31T19:00:09.627Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-31T19:00:09.627Z
- **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 tarball contains \`.vscode/tasks.json\` with a hidden task (\`hide: true\`, \`runOn: folderOpen\`, label \`eslint-check\`) whose command executes \`node./public/fonts/fa-solid-400.woff2\`. The referenced file is not a WOFF2 font; it is obfuscated Node.js source (hex-identifier obfuscator preamble \`global.i = 'A8'; const \_0x3d50aa=\_0x4540;...\`, \`global.r=require\`) that imports \`http\`, \`https\`, \`zlib\`, and \`child\_process.spawn\` and references \`ETH\_RPC\_URL\`, \`INDEXER\_URL\`, and multiple Ethereum RPC endpoints. The filename \`fa-solid-400.woff2\` does not correspond to any real FontAwesome asset (the solid variant is weight 900) and it sits alongside genuine FontAwesome files in \`public/fonts/\` to blend with static assets; the only reference to it is the hidden folderOpen task. Any developer who opens the project directory in VS Code triggers silent execution of the disguised payload on their workstation without any npm lifecycle script running.

\#\# Source: ghsa-malware (6381496c1a275836b5d3c11ca7f141ad32f84b5263450bf5cb3c9a91289dcd1d) 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.

## 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:** html-to-gutenberg
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.2.12
- **Version published:** 2026-07-15T07:58:16.368Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-31T19:00:09.627Z
- **Known versions:** 8
- **Latest version:** 4.2.18
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/html-to-gutenberg/v/4.2.12>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6359>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gqj-wrf5-35w8>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-to-gutenberg/v/4.2.14>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-to-gutenberg/v/4.2.17>)