---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/npmjs_web3-util"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/npmjs_web3-util/report.md"
package: "npmjs_web3-util"
report_status: "published"
title: "npmjs_web3-util@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
---

# npmjs\_web3-util@1.0.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-3768 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:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-3768 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-3768 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's \`postinstall\` lifecycle hook downloads a script from a personal GitHub Gist (\`gist.githubusercontent.com/guellemilb/631fb6348967d9d475125edf67048c0e/raw/build\_utils.py\`) via curl/wget and pipes the response to \`python3\`, \`node\`, and \`eval\` — with fallback chains across all three interpreters...

## 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 npmjs\_web3-util@1.0.0.

- Avoid installing npmjs\_web3-util@1.0.0. 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%

The package's \`postinstall\` lifecycle hook downloads a script from a personal GitHub Gist (\`gist.githubusercontent.com/guellemilb/631fb6348967d9d475125edf67048c0e/raw/build\_utils.py\`) via curl/wget and pipes the response to \`python3\`, \`node\`, and \`eval\` — with fallback chains across all three interpreters. The Gist URL is mutable (the gist owner can change the served content at any time without any package republish), is unrelated to the package's advertised publisher, performs no hash or signature verification on the fetched bytes, and runs unconditionally on every \`npm install\`. The package otherwise provides no functionality: \`index.js\` is \`module.exports = {};\` despite the package describing itself as "Utilities for Web3/web3 development" — the dropper is the package's only effect. The name (\`npmjs\_web3-util\`) and web3-themed keywords appear crafted to attract developers searching for web3 utility packages, making this a typosquat-style lure whose payload is the remote-fetch-and-execute chain.

## 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:** npmjs\_web3-util
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/npmjs_web3-util>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-3768>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/npmjs_web3-util/v/1.0.0>)