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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/i18nexus-tools/v/3.2.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/i18nexus-tools/v/3.2.0.md"
package: "i18nexus-tools"
report_status: "published"
title: "i18nexus-tools@3.2.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "3.2.0"
---

# i18nexus-tools@3.2.0 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:** 3.2.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-16046 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-16046 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-09T04:00:12.044Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-09T04:00:13.401Z
- **Download time:** 505 ms
- **Static scan time:** 850 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 1357 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 i18nexus-tools@3.2.0.

- Avoid installing i18nexus-tools@3.2.0. 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: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/i18n-upload.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/i18nexus-tools@3.2.0/dist/bin/i18n-upload.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L37: exports.uploadTranslations = uploadTranslations;
L38: const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
L39: const path = __importStar(require("path"));
```

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepare, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** i18nexus-tools
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 3.2.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-05T08:36:36.329Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-08T20:43:00.593Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-09T04:00:13.401Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 0.0.1-security
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/i18nexus-tools/v/3.2.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16046>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cfw-xh4g-cc2f>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/i18nexus-tools/v/3.2.0>)