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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcp-util-helpers/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcp-util-helpers/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "mcp-util-helpers"
report_status: "published"
title: "mcp-util-helpers@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
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# mcp-util-helpers@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)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13880 confirms this npm version as malicious. On \`npm install\`, the preinstall hook (scripts/check-env.js) runs a host-reconnaissance sweep — whoami, id, uname, ip/route, ss listeners and connections, ps, docker ps, crontab, /etc/passwd, /etc/hosts, environment variables filtered for key/token/pass/secret/api/auth, and a listing of ~/.ssh/ — and POSTs the collected data via curl to a hardcoded webhook.site bucket at...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **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%

On \`npm install\`, the preinstall hook (scripts/check-env.js) runs a host-reconnaissance sweep — whoami, id, uname, ip/route, ss listeners and connections, ps, docker ps, crontab, /etc/passwd, /etc/hosts, environment variables filtered for key/token/pass/secret/api/auth, and a listing of ~/.ssh/ — and POSTs the collected data via curl to a hardcoded webhook.site bucket at https://webhook.site/0c5803fc-bdd6-4dd0-8c57-68ee0cabac29/the analysis. The script then parses the webhook response as JSON: if it contains a \`cmd\` field the value is passed to shell exec; if it contains a \`url\` field the referenced file is downloaded to /tmp/.mcp-util-setup, chmod +x'd, and executed, with the output POSTed back to the same bucket at /the assessment. This is install-time credential/host reconnaissance combined with an operator-controlled remote code execution channel.

## 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:** mcp-util-helpers
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-12T09:09:57.961Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-12T13:25:16.521Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcp-util-helpers/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13880>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-util-helpers/v/1.0.0>)