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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/manticore-log/v/9.4.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/manticore-log/v/9.4.3.md"
package: "manticore-log"
report_status: "published"
title: "manticore-log@9.4.3 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "9.4.3"
---

# manticore-log@9.4.3 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:** 9.4.3
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14433 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's preinstall lifecycle script fires automatically on npm install and collects the installer's OS username, hostname, current working directory, and the enclosing project's package.json name/author/version (obtained by walking up parents of \_\_dirname). The JSON payload is hex-encoded, split into 60-character chunks, and leaked as DNS labels via dns.lookup queries under the hardcoded subdomain...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-24T17:05:04.876Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-24T17:05:04.876Z
- **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 package's preinstall lifecycle script fires automatically on npm install and collects the installer's OS username, hostname, current working directory, and the enclosing project's package.json name/author/version (obtained by walking up parents of \_\_dirname). The JSON payload is hex-encoded, split into 60-character chunks, and leaked as DNS labels via dns.lookup queries under the hardcoded subdomain da5u87oh92rc72pp1dngqfc6hp8gwshm6.o.jgl.red, with a fallback DNS query on error. The chunked hex-over-DNS transport is a covert-channel technique that evades many egress filters. Package metadata is minimal (placeholder main, empty author) and inconsistent with any legitimate logging library, matching a dependency-confusion reconnaissance beacon pattern.

## 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:** manticore-log
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 9.4.3
- **Version published:** 2026-08-24T06:41:27.334Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-24T17:05:04.876Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-24T17:05:04.876Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 9.4.3
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/manticore-log/v/9.4.3>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14433>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/manticore-log/v/9.4.3>)