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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/merchantprefsservice-paypal/v/4.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/merchantprefsservice-paypal/v/4.0.0.md"
package: "merchantprefsservice-paypal"
report_status: "published"
title: "merchantprefsservice-paypal@4.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "4.0.0"
---

# merchantprefsservice-paypal@4.0.0 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:** 4.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11057 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's preinstall script (index.js) executes automatically on \`npm install\` and collects host identifiers — hostname, platform, arch, home directory path, and configured DNS servers — then POSTs them to the hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain fdw2vnyonnpdk7x3ntotw7omtdz5n4bt.oastify.com at path /hit...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **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 script (index.js) executes automatically on \`npm install\` and collects host identifiers — hostname, platform, arch, home directory path, and configured DNS servers — then POSTs them to the hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain fdw2vnyonnpdk7x3ntotw7omtdz5n4bt.oastify.com at path /hit. The package name mimics an internal PayPal-namespaced service, consistent with a dependency-confusion beacon that fires when a developer or build system inadvertently resolves the public name over an intended private one. The exfiltrated DNS server list additionally reveals internal network configuration.

\#\# Source: ghsa-malware (3cb0650e6084dbdffdf3011ee427b9997afa2ff2778d43e5e7929945cd14f54a) 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.

\#\# Source: ossf-package-analysis (1d3ce91132c1aa082533f130bf0d67c0369ebeb3564c49a134004da1cf9f29fc) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'merchantprefsservice-paypal' @ 28.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## 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:** merchantprefsservice-paypal
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-07-23T21:28:30.480Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-26T17:37:31.424Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 28.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/merchantprefsservice-paypal/v/4.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11057>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6fc-gq73-j24m>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/merchantprefsservice-paypal/v/28.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/merchantprefsservice-paypal/v/24.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/merchantprefsservice-paypal/v/4.0.0>)