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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/lite-matte/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/lite-matte/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "lite-matte"
report_status: "published"
title: "lite-matte@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
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# lite-matte@1.0.0 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:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-17512 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-2026-17512 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json declares \`"postinstall": "wscript.exe 4444.vbs"\`, causing \`npm install\` to auto-execute a ~765KB Windows Script Host file shipped in the tarball. 4444.vbs is heavily obfuscated: it reconstructs COM ProgIDs (ADODB.Stream, MSXML2.XMLHTTP) at runtime via a Chr/XOR helper, uses XOR-masked hex tables for AES S-boxes and SHA-256 round constants, and stores its real payload as ~700 Base64-shaped chunks in an...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

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 lite-matte@1.0.0.

- Avoid installing lite-matte@1.0.0. 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. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

package.json declares \`"postinstall": "wscript.exe 4444.vbs"\`, causing \`npm install\` to auto-execute a ~765KB Windows Script Host file shipped in the tarball. 4444.vbs is heavily obfuscated: it reconstructs COM ProgIDs (ADODB.Stream, MSXML2.XMLHTTP) at runtime via a Chr/XOR helper, uses XOR-masked hex tables for AES S-boxes and SHA-256 round constants, and stores its real payload as ~700 Base64-shaped chunks in an \`ArtifactBundleHX\` array decrypted through AES-256-CBC followed by ChaCha20-IETF. The decrypted PowerShell loader is written to \`%TEMP%\` and handed off to powershell.exe with comments indicating process hollowing. The declared package purpose (a trivial 60-line zod-based email domain checker at src/index.js) is unrelated to the dropper, and the README explicitly states 'No installation scripts. No network requests.' while the manifest ships exactly that. Header cover story labels the script 'Verdant Signals Corp. Device Telemetry Aggregator'.

## 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:** lite-matte
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-09-30T14:00:32.345Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/lite-matte/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17512>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/lite-matte/v/1.0.0>)