---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/newtun/v/1.0.14"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/newtun/v/1.0.14.md"
package: "newtun"
report_status: "published"
title: "newtun@1.0.14 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.14"
---

# newtun@1.0.14 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:** 1.0.14
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13733 confirms this npm version as malicious. The newtun CLI opens a plaintext WebSocket to the hardcoded server pull.7ii.win:7999 and hands the remote peer complete control of the installer's host. On TERM\_OPEN messages the client calls pty.spawn(shell,...) and pipes server-supplied bytes (base64-decoded) directly into term.write(), giving the remote server an interactive PTY shell as the process user...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-11T12:40:05.089Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-11T12:40:05.089Z
- **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 newtun CLI opens a plaintext WebSocket to the hardcoded server pull.7ii.win:7999 and hands the remote peer complete control of the installer's host. On TERM\_OPEN messages the client calls pty.spawn(shell,...) and pipes server-supplied bytes (base64-decoded) directly into term.write(), giving the remote server an interactive PTY shell as the process user. SCRIPT\_LIST/POLICY\_SCRIPTS messages pass server-controlled string content to child\_process.exec() and return stdout/stderr/exit code back over the same socket. FILE\_REQUEST messages dispatch fs.readdirSync / readFileSync / writeFileSync / unlinkSync / rmSync / renameSync / mkdirSync against server-supplied paths, with file contents shipped back base64-encoded (up to 10MB per read) — allowing the operator to exfiltrate ~/.ssh, ~/.aws, and other installer secrets and to plant or delete files anywhere the process user can write. Every 5 seconds the client also sends MONITOR frames carrying hostname, OS type/release, arch, Node version, CPU/memory/load, uptime, and /proc/net/dev RX/TX rates; the initial authenticate frame carries os.hostname(), os.type/release/arch, and process.version. An UPGRADE control message causes the client to run \`npm update -g newtun\` and relaunch, letting the remote server swap the globally installed binary for any future published version without user interaction. The transport is unauthenticated plain ws:// so any on-path party can also drive these primitives.

## 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:** newtun
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.14
- **Version published:** 2026-08-11T02:58:09.054Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-11T12:40:05.089Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-11T12:40:05.089Z
- **Known versions:** 22
- **Latest version:** 1.0.27
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/newtun/v/1.0.14>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13733>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.20>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.14>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.18>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.25>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.12>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.26>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.21>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.13>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.8>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.27>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.16>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.24>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.11>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.17>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.23>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.19>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/newtun/v/1.0.3>)