---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/node-app-doctor"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/node-app-doctor/report.md"
package: "node-app-doctor"
report_status: "published"
title: "node-app-doctor@1.0.9 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.9"
---

# node-app-doctor@1.0.9 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-5733 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.0.9
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-5733 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5733 confirms this npm version as malicious. collect.js gathers host identifiers via os.hostname() and os.homedir(), reads local filesystem state with fs.existsSync, spawns child\_process commands, and POSTs the collected data to the hardcoded endpoint http://aab.sportsontheweb.net...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Finished:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to node-app-doctor@1.0.9.

- Avoid installing node-app-doctor@1.0.9. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

collect.js gathers host identifiers via os.hostname() and os.homedir(), reads local filesystem state with fs.existsSync, spawns child\_process commands, and POSTs the collected data to the hardcoded endpoint http://aab.sportsontheweb.net. The destination domain is unrelated to any legitimate npm/Node tooling publisher and there is no plausible benign reason for a 'node app doctor' utility to ship installer/host telemetry to that host. The combination of system enumeration (hostname, home directory, child\_process), filesystem inspection, and hardcoded plaintext HTTP POST to an unaffiliated domain is the standard host-fingerprint exfiltration shape.

## 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:** node-app-doctor
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.9
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.0.9
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/node-app-doctor>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-5733>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/node-app-doctor/MAL-2026-5733.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-app-doctor/v/1.0.9>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-app-doctor/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-app-doctor/v/1.0.2>)