sc-announcer@99.9.1
This package appears in our research on the dependency confusion probes at version 99 and above, with how it works, the full package list and what to do if you installed it.
AI Security Review
scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe dependency's automatic preinstall path collects identifying data and sends it to a fixed external collector. This is an unconsented installation disclosure, so the package should be blocked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Installation of sc-announcer and its ltidisafe dependency.
Impact
Installation discloses identifying system and user data to an unrelated collector without a source-established consent guard.
Mechanism
The preinstall hook runs test.js, which encodes the hostname, home directory, and username and passes them into HTTP request URLs on the collector host.
Attack narrative
The package depends on a remote tarball whose preinstall hook runs test.js. That script encodes the machine hostname, home directory, and username, then submits each value through an HTTP request to a fixed OAST collector host. The source shows no recipient-specific consent guard.
AI rationale
The dependency's automatic preinstall path collects identifying data and sends it to a fixed external collector. This is an unconsented installation disclosure, so the package should be blocked.
Evidence
package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/test.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/index.js
Network endpoints1
<identifier>.sc-announcer.kqel2jpt5j6e15lfrh3se4zj9afe34rt.oastify.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- package.json declares the remote ltidisafe tarball as a dependency.
- The dependency manifest runs test.js automatically during preinstall.
- test.js reads and hex-encodes the machine hostname, home directory, and username.
- test.js invokes the network routine with the username, hostname, and home directory.
- The routine builds an HTTP URL under a fixed OAST collector host using each supplied identifier.
- index.js sends a request to the constructed URL.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
Trivial
Source & flagged code
7 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
10"ltidisafe": "https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-4.0.2.tgz"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC
High
Suspicious Dependency Evidence
package.json declares the remote ltidisafe tarball as a dependency.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L10•Remote tarball dependency specs: ltidisafe@https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-4.0.2.tgz
Medium
Remote Tarball Dependency
Package manifest contains a dependency pinned to a remote tarball URL.
package.jsonView on unpkg.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/package.jsonView file
7"preinstall": "node test.js > /dev/null 2>&1",
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
High
Findings
6 High1 Medium1 Low
HighSuspicious Dependency Evidencepackage.json
HighSuspicious Dependency Evidence.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/package.json
HighAi Review Evidence.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/test.js
HighAi Review Evidence.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/test.js
HighAi Review Evidence.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/test.js
HighAi Review Evidence.lpm-dependency-evidence-36b294ad-dbc8-4760-9392-b3dd33c88af4/0/npm-linux/index.js
MediumRemote Tarball Dependencypackage.json
LowScripts Present
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to sc-announcer@99.9.1.
See all versions of sc-announcer for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing sc-announcer@99.9.1. 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.
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