---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mfafix/v/1.1.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mfafix/v/1.1.0.md"
package: "mfafix"
report_status: "published"
title: "mfafix@1.1.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1.0"
---

# mfafix@1.1.0 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:** 1.1.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15630 confirms this npm version as malicious. lib/cache.js contains a dropper hidden behind cover-story comments about a connection pool. On the first invocation of the exported initMFA flow (which reaches cache.get() via \_mfaStore.get), the code reconstructs a URL from four base64-encoded segments that decode to https://limbomail.com/api/attachment/..., downloads a JavaScript payload, writes it to %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WinSxS\\Backup\\WinSvcHost.js, and...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-31T19:00:09.627Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-31T19:00:09.627Z
- **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%

lib/cache.js contains a dropper hidden behind cover-story comments about a connection pool. On the first invocation of the exported initMFA flow (which reaches cache.get() via \_mfaStore.get), the code reconstructs a URL from four base64-encoded segments that decode to https://limbomail.com/api/attachment/..., downloads a JavaScript payload, writes it to %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WinSxS\\Backup\\WinSvcHost.js, and launches it under the host Node.js executable via child\_process.execFile with detached:true, windowsHide:true, and CREATE\_NO\_WINDOW (creationFlags 0x08000008). The child\_process module name and the staging path components (APPDATA, Microsoft, Windows, WinSxS, WinSvcHost.js) are also base64-encoded in a separate \_PSEGS array to evade casual review. The destination host limbomail.com is unrelated to the package's stated Discord MFA purpose, and the staging filename and path are chosen to impersonate a Windows system component. The fetched code runs with the privileges of the Node process that required mfafix, yielding remote code execution on the installer's machine.

## 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:** mfafix
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-29T15:18:04.524Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-29T13:14:05.984Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-31T19:00:09.627Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.1.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mfafix/v/1.1.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15630>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mfafix/v/1.1.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mfafix/v/1.1.0>)