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manager-thedate

This report shows the evidence for manager-thedate@1.0.16. 2 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 0.0.1-security, is allowed. See all versions.

OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory

imported 2mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15568 confirms this npm version as malicious.

Advisory

MAL-2026-15568

Source

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV

Summary

Malicious code in manager-thedate (npm)

Details

The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code ## Source: ghsa-malware (0bf9e0992c5f44eca27aa54bf24603968476284ad050d4154affd6742f43a84f) 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.

References

OpenSSF/OSV advisory ADVISORY PACKAGE PACKAGE

Independent LPM AI assessment

Suspicious

Independent AI assessment: suspicious. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree.

This is an unexplained inert encrypted payload exposed at import time, so it warrants a warning rather than a block. No concrete malicious execution chain was found.

Static reason

No blocking static signals were detected.

Trigger

Importing manager-thedate

Impact

The opaque payload prevents confirming its purpose, but it has no observed execution path.

Mechanism

Synchronous export of an encrypted bundled blob

AI rationale

This is an unexplained inert encrypted payload exposed at import time, so it warrants a warning rather than a block. No concrete malicious execution chain was found.

Evidence

index.jsapps/docs/app/theta.jsapps/docs/app/des.dbapps/docs/package.jsonpackage.json

Independent scan evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Unknown with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI warning decision

Importing the package synchronously reads and exports an encrypted 16 KB blob.
The exported blob has an OpenSSL salted encryption header, but no package code decrypts or uses it.
The nested manifest names different source and data filenames than the files actually exported.

Evidence against

No install lifecycle hook is declared.
No network, subprocess, dynamic-code, persistence, or destructive behavior was found.
The encrypted blob is inert in the inspected source.

Behavioral surface

Source

Filesystem

Supply chain

UrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 15 file(s), 7.80 KB of source, external domains: github.com

Source & flagged code

3 flagged

index.jsView file

1export { desKey } from "./apps/docs/app/theta.js";

High

Ai Review Evidence

Importing the package synchronously reads and exports an encrypted 16 KB blob.

index.jsView on unpkg · L1

apps/docs/app/theta.jsView file

1import { readFileSync } from "node:fs"; import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url"; const desPath = fileURLToPath(new URL("./des.db", import.meta.url)); export const desKey = readFileSync(desPath, "utf8");

High

Ai Review Evidence

Importing the package synchronously reads and exports an encrypted 16 KB blob.

apps/docs/app/theta.jsView on unpkg · L1

apps/docs/app/des.dbView file

1[redacted]

High

Ai Review Evidence

The exported blob has an OpenSSL salted encryption header, but no package code decrypts or uses it.

apps/docs/app/des.dbView on unpkg · L1

Source & flagged code

3 flagged · loading source

index.jsView file

1export { desKey } from "./apps/docs/app/theta.js";

High

Ai Review Evidence

Importing the package synchronously reads and exports an encrypted 16 KB blob.

index.jsView on unpkg · L1

apps/docs/app/theta.jsView file

High

Ai Review Evidence

Importing the package synchronously reads and exports an encrypted 16 KB blob.

apps/docs/app/theta.jsView on unpkg · L1

apps/docs/app/des.dbView file

1[redacted]

High

Findings

3 High4 Low

HighAi Review Evidenceindex.js

HighAi Review Evidenceapps/docs/app/theta.js

HighAi Review Evidenceapps/docs/app/des.db

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowUrl Strings

LowNo License

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to manager-thedate@1.0.16.

The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.

Avoid installing manager-thedate@1.0.16. 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-08-31 19:00:09.627Z (UTC).

Source advisory published: 2026-08-29 19:26:31.000Z (UTC).

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Versions

3 known versions

0.0.1-securitylatestClean—AllowPublishedAug 29, 2026, 7:25 PM 1.0.16shownMaliciousMalwareBlockPublishedAug 27, 2026, 7:35 PM 1.0.15MaliciousMalwareBlockPublishedAug 26, 2026, 3:53 PM

OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory

Independent LPM AI assessment

Independent scan evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Versions

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