node-env-resolve@1.2.3
Lightweight environment configuration resolver for Node.js
AI Security Review
scanned 15d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe install hook performs unconsented user-level persistence and starts a remote-control agent automatically. This is concrete malicious install-time behavior, so the package should be blocked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The npm postinstall lifecycle runs during installation.
Impact
An installer can cause persistent remote access to system information and user files without a separate setup command.
Mechanism
The hook copies source into a hidden user directory, installs its dependencies, registers platform-specific autostart, and launches the agent detached. The agent sends machine details to a configurable server and handles remote file requests.
Attack narrative
The package’s automatic postinstall deploys a hidden agent, sets it to run at login, and starts it in the background. The agent registers with a remote server and accepts remote file operations, creating a persistent remote-access capability on the installing machine.
AI rationale
The install hook performs unconsented user-level persistence and starts a remote-control agent automatically. This is concrete malicious install-time behavior, so the package should be blocked.
Evidence
package.jsonpostinstall.jssrc/index.jssrc/httpClient.js
Network endpoints1
connector-server-xi.vercel.app
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The postinstall hook installs and automatically runs a hidden user-level agent with login persistence across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- The launched agent registers machine identity and system details with a remote server and accepts remote file-operation requests.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
7 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgpostinstall.jsView file
16const path = require('path');
L17: const { execSync, spawn } = require('child_process');
L18:
High
10
Findings
5 High5 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processpostinstall.js
HighShellpostinstall.js
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencepostinstall.js
HighRuntime Package Installpostinstall.js
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumInstall Persistencepostinstall.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to node-env-resolve@1.2.3.
See all versions of node-env-resolve for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing node-env-resolve@1.2.3. 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.
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