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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/r4wk-book/v/2.2.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/r4wk-book/v/2.2.2.md"
package: "r4wk-book"
report_status: "published"
title: "r4wk-book@2.2.2 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.2.2"
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# r4wk-book@2.2.2 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:** 2.2.2
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14509 confirms this npm version as malicious. On npm install, the package's postinstall hook runs \`node.worker.js\`, which detaches a background child, waits a jittered delay, and opens a TCP socket to a base64-encoded host:port literal that decodes to 172.16.42.138:1234. It then spawns \`/bin/sh -i\` (or \`cmd.exe\` on Windows) and pipes the socket to the shell's stdin and the shell's stdout back to the socket, giving whoever controls that address an interactive...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-26T00:50:04.201Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-26T00:50:04.201Z
- **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%

On npm install, the package's postinstall hook runs \`node.worker.js\`, which detaches a background child, waits a jittered delay, and opens a TCP socket to a base64-encoded host:port literal that decodes to 172.16.42.138:1234. It then spawns \`/bin/sh -i\` (or \`cmd.exe\` on Windows) and pipes the socket to the shell's stdin and the shell's stdout back to the socket, giving whoever controls that address an interactive shell on the installer's machine. The destination is stored as \`Buffer.from('MTcyLjE2LjQyLjEzODoxMjM0Cg==','base64').toString().split(':')\` rather than a plain literal, concealing the endpoint. The package.json advertises a generic purpose ("Background sync module for legacy systems") and declares itself as its own dependency (\`r4wk-book: ^2.2.1\`), consistent with a throwaway lure rather than a functional library.

\#\# Source: ghsa-malware (fca7aeb2a2052ce1bdd6d78ef66f735c8a3f1ab10b00d07d6e9dae8189722728) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

## 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:** r4wk-book
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.2.2
- **Version published:** 2026-08-25T16:13:33.756Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-25T18:07:35.996Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-26T00:50:04.201Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 0.0.1-security
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/r4wk-book/v/2.2.2>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14509>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqfp-p3qc-cqm9>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/r4wk-book/v/2.2.2>)