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

# runhelper@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)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-17332 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-17332 confirms this npm version as malicious. On \`require('runhelper')\`, index.js unconditionally loads a payload file staged by its dependency \`imgbundle\` at \`cdn-img-fetch/.runtime/rt.jpg\`, allocates executable memory via kernel32 \`VirtualAlloc\` with \`PAGE\_EXECUTE\_READWRITE\` (0x40) and \`MEM\_COMMIT|MEM\_RESERVE\` (0x3000) through the \`koffi\` FFI, copies the file bytes with \`RtlMoveMemory\`, and executes them with \`CreateThread\`...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-30T06:10:04.474Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-30T06:10:04.474Z
- **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 runhelper@1.0.0.

- Avoid installing runhelper@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%

On \`require('runhelper')\`, index.js unconditionally loads a payload file staged by its dependency \`imgbundle\` at \`cdn-img-fetch/.runtime/rt.jpg\`, allocates executable memory via kernel32 \`VirtualAlloc\` with \`PAGE\_EXECUTE\_READWRITE\` (0x40) and \`MEM\_COMMIT|MEM\_RESERVE\` (0x3000) through the \`koffi\` FFI, copies the file bytes with \`RtlMoveMemory\`, and executes them with \`CreateThread\`. The payload file is deleted after launch, and an \`fs.watch\` waits for it if not yet present. The \`.jpg\` extension in a hidden \`.runtime\` directory disguises an executable payload, and all errors are swallowed with empty \`catch (\_) {}\` blocks. The advertised \`exec()\` spawn wrapper described in the README is a cover story: the module's top-level behavior on load is native shellcode execution. The manifest pins \`imgbundle@^1.0.0\` (payload source) and \`koffi@^2.8.0\` (FFI used to run it); the loader/payload split means anything that transitively requires runhelper on Windows fetches and executes attacker-supplied native code in-process.

## 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:** runhelper
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-09-30T03:37:06.327Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-30T06:10:04.474Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-30T06:10:04.474Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/runhelper/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17332>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/runhelper/v/1.0.0>)