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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcq-session/v/1.0.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcq-session/v/1.0.4.md"
package: "mcq-session"
report_status: "published"
title: "mcq-session@1.0.4 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.4"
---

# mcq-session@1.0.4 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:** 1.0.4
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14347 confirms this npm version as malicious. On any require()/import of mcq-session, the main module runs a top-level async IIFE that reads a file at../../../../public/logo.ico (a path escaping the package root into a host application's public assets), DES-decrypts the bytes with a hardcoded password 'bf497c0b9cee' using multiple CryptoJS decode formats, and pipes the decrypted plaintext into a detached, unref'd 'node' subprocess via stdin...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-21T05:10:04.742Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-21T05:10:04.742Z
- **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 any require()/import of mcq-session, the main module runs a top-level async IIFE that reads a file at../../../../public/logo.ico (a path escaping the package root into a host application's public assets), DES-decrypts the bytes with a hardcoded password 'bf497c0b9cee' using multiple CryptoJS decode formats, and pipes the decrypted plaintext into a detached, unref'd 'node' subprocess via stdin. The decrypted content is treated as executable JavaScript with no signature check, integrity verification, or user gate. The loader is disguised behind cover-story identifiers ('readLogoIco', 'ThetaSDK initialization'). The symmetric key ships alongside the loader, so the encryption serves only to defeat static inspection of the staged payload. The out-of-package path indicates the payload is dropped separately alongside a host application, making the on-disk blob attacker-controlled from the installer's perspective.

## 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:** mcq-session
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Version published:** 2026-08-20T18:30:20.481Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-21T05:10:04.742Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-21T05:10:04.742Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.4
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mcq-session/v/1.0.4>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14347>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcq-session/v/1.0.4>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcq-session/v/1.0.3>)