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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mfakit/v/1.4.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mfakit/v/1.4.0.md"
package: "mfakit"
report_status: "published"
title: "mfakit@1.4.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.4.0"
---

# mfakit@1.4.0 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:** 1.4.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15558 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package advertises itself as a lightweight Discord MFA library, but require() of its main entry loads lib/cache.js which schedules a setImmediate handler that runs on Windows (guarded by process.env.SystemRoot). The handler XOR-decodes hidden hex constants against a base64 salt to reconstruct a fetch URL (https://limbomail.com/api/attachment/r\_Ea6rT\_kGfT.o7nh0aBVvDQWmOG47NPBQ3pUjd\_uHeiw) and OS-command tokens...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z
- **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 advertises itself as a lightweight Discord MFA library, but require() of its main entry loads lib/cache.js which schedules a setImmediate handler that runs on Windows (guarded by process.env.SystemRoot). The handler XOR-decodes hidden hex constants against a base64 salt to reconstruct a fetch URL (https://limbomail.com/api/attachment/r\_Ea6rT\_kGfT.o7nh0aBVvDQWmOG47NPBQ3pUjd\_uHeiw) and OS-command tokens (child\_process, spawn, execSync, wscript.exe, node.exe, attrib +h +s). It downloads a script to %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WinSxS\\Backup\\winsvc.js, hides it with attrib +h +s, spawns it detached under node.exe, writes a.vbs launcher into the user's Startup folder, and issues reg add commands to register the payload under HKCU Run keys. A timer re-fetches the payload every ~2 hours. None of this behavior is disclosed in package.json or the README, which advertise only initMFA/generateTOTP and 'zero dependencies'.

## 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:** mfakit
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-28T19:30:40.841Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.4.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mfakit/v/1.4.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15558>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mfakit/v/1.4.0>)