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

# ranux-cloud@1.0.0 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:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14258 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package main (index.js) is obfuscator.io-transformed with a rotated string-array decoder and, at top level, uses createDecipheriv with a hardcoded AES key/iv/aad to decrypt an embedded ~2.3 MB opaque blob. The decrypted bytes are executed via a top-level \`await import('data:'+...)\` and the resulting module is re-exported as \`startRanuxEngine\`, so any consumer that requires or imports ranux-cloud immediately runs...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-19T05:40:04.198Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-19T05:40:04.198Z
- **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%

The package main (index.js) is obfuscator.io-transformed with a rotated string-array decoder and, at top level, uses createDecipheriv with a hardcoded AES key/iv/aad to decrypt an embedded ~2.3 MB opaque blob. The decrypted bytes are executed via a top-level \`await import('data:'+...)\` and the resulting module is re-exported as \`startRanuxEngine\`, so any consumer that requires or imports ranux-cloud immediately runs the hidden payload with no user interaction. In addition, package.json redirects the well-known dependency \`@whiskeysockets/baileys\` to \`github:rcedubot/X\` — an unrelated personal GitHub repository, unpinned to any commit SHA — so \`npm install\` pulls arbitrary code from that repo (including any lifecycle scripts) into the installer's dependency tree in place of the legitimate Baileys library. The combination of encrypted-payload import-time execution, heavy obfuscation of the loader, and a dependency-hijack pointing a namespaced dep at an attacker-controlled GitHub tree is the canonical loader/dropper 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:** ranux-cloud
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-15T10:45:08.206Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-19T05:40:04.198Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T05:40:04.198Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ranux-cloud/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14258>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/ranux-cloud/v/1.0.0>)