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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/require-i18next/v/21.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/require-i18next/v/21.0.0.md"
package: "require-i18next"
report_status: "published"
title: "require-i18next@21.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "21.0.0"
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# require-i18next@21.0.0 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:** 21.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14052 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's preinstall.js reads a hex-encoded command string from preinstall.json, decodes it with Buffer.from(hex, 'hex'), and passes the result to child\_process.exec during \`npm install\`. The decoded payload is a curl command that POSTs the installer's whoami, current working directory, hostname, and the contents of /etc/passwd to https://eousft8gflamm91.m.pipedream.net...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-15T16:25:06.595Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-15T16:25:06.595Z
- **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's preinstall.js reads a hex-encoded command string from preinstall.json, decodes it with Buffer.from(hex, 'hex'), and passes the result to child\_process.exec during \`npm install\`. The decoded payload is a curl command that POSTs the installer's whoami, current working directory, hostname, and the contents of /etc/passwd to https://eousft8gflamm91.m.pipedream.net. The name resembles the legitimate i18next ecosystem but the package's only observed behavior is install-time data exfiltration to an attacker-controlled Pipedream webhook, with the payload obfuscated as hex in a sibling JSON file to evade inspection of the JS.

\#\# Source: ossf-package-analysis (6ea984228059ea2f54b4cb42d16a5f3f42f3144902c418be08c5000576de58f1) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'require-i18next' @ 20.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## 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:** require-i18next
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 21.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-15T13:15:04.009Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-15T13:18:57.974Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-15T16:25:06.595Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 21.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/require-i18next/v/21.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14052>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/require-i18next/v/21.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/require-i18next/v/20.0.0>)