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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/nordpass"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/nordpass/report.md"
package: "nordpass"
report_status: "published"
title: "nordpass@1.0.4 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.4"
---

# nordpass@1.0.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-10743 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:** 1.0.4
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-10743 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-10743 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package name impersonates the NordPass password-manager product while presenting itself as 'A simple authentication module.' The package.json postinstall runs \`make -C src && cp src/auth\_module./bin/flare && node src/install.js\`. src/install.js is a ~100 KB heavily obfuscated file (obfuscator.io-style string-array decoder with rotation, unicode-escaped identifiers, XOR-numeric literals) that reads /etc/passwd,...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-17T03:50:10.276Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-17T03:50:10.276Z
- **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 nordpass@1.0.4.

The same advisory and Firewall decision cover these 3 recorded versions: 1.0.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.4.

- Avoid installing nordpass@1.0.4. 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%

Package name impersonates the NordPass password-manager product while presenting itself as 'A simple authentication module.' The package.json postinstall runs \`make -C src && cp src/auth\_module./bin/flare && node src/install.js\`. src/install.js is a ~100 KB heavily obfuscated file (obfuscator.io-style string-array decoder with rotation, unicode-escaped identifiers, XOR-numeric literals) that reads /etc/passwd, derives XOR key material from that content combined with hardcoded byte constants, base64-decodes an embedded payload, XOR-decrypts it, and passes the resulting string to eval(). The decode-and-exec path is guarded by anti-analysis checks: a NODE\_OPTIONS \`--inspect\` check, a Date.now() timing gate, and an \`OG\_\`-prefixed environment-variable kill switch. A compiled \`auth\_module\` binary is also staged to \`./bin/flare\` during postinstall. The combination — brand impersonation, obfuscation, host-file read used as key material, base64+XOR+eval of an embedded blob, anti-debug and kill-switch guards, and a staged native binary — executes attacker-controlled code on the installer's machine at \`npm install\` time.

\#\# Source: ossf-package-analysis (9924ec9036b6c4caf7436a5e7ba79ed4e1b31fb1732c884d164c340a6982886d) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'nordpass' @ 1.0.2 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## 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:** nordpass
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Version published:** 2026-07-16T06:28:02.350Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-16T19:45:09.798Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-17T03:50:10.276Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.0.4
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/nordpass>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10743>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/nordpass/v/1.0.0>)