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package: "net-util-y8"
report_status: "published"
title: "net-util-y8@1.1788432509.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1788432509.0"
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# net-util-y8@1.1788432509.0 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:** 1.1788432509.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15901 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package has no real functionality: index.js contains only an empty comment and package.json declares no exports or lifecycle scripts. The \`description\` field in package.json is a ~56KB base64 blob that decodes to a ~42KB POSIX shell script implementing an XMRig Monero miner dropper...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-04T04:40:04.603Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-04T04:40:04.603Z
- **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 has no real functionality: index.js contains only an empty comment and package.json declares no exports or lifecycle scripts. The \`description\` field in package.json is a ~56KB base64 blob that decodes to a ~42KB POSIX shell script implementing an XMRig Monero miner dropper. The decoded script preflights curl/wget/openssl and perl (installing them via the system package manager with root privileges if missing), fetches XMRig binaries from gitlab.com/albertotrindade131/al and a ghfast.top proxy in front of github.com/lucas77335/xmrig-amd releases, points the miner at the pool xmr.kryptex.network:8029 with a hardcoded Monero wallet address (883kAB7Ufo...gBCFH), and includes routines to kill competing miners and mask its process name. The script also references a sibling package \`net-util-x7\` and a registry-latest lookup at registry.npmjs.org/cbc97b7a/latest, indicating this is a staging component of a multi-package cryptomining campaign. Encoding an executable payload inside the manifest \`description\` field is a smuggling technique to keep the payload off code-scanning paths while still shipping it in the published tarball.

## 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:** net-util-y8
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1788432509.0
- **Version published:** 2026-09-03T10:49:49.155Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-04T04:40:04.603Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-04T04:40:04.603Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.1788432509.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/net-util-y8/v/1.1788432509.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15901>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/net-util-y8/v/1.1788432509.0>)