---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/scan-only/v/0.5.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/scan-only/v/0.5.1.md"
package: "scan-only"
report_status: "published"
title: "scan-only@0.5.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "0.5.1"
---

# scan-only@0.5.1 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:** 0.5.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6067 confirms this npm version as malicious. The CLI binary at bin/scan-only.js, when invoked (e.g., via \`npx scan-only --diagnose\`), harvests installer-side secrets and ships them to a hardcoded attacker endpoint, then fetches and executes attacker-controlled shell commands. Specifically, the binary reads ~/.gitconfig, ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc (npm token), ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.docker/config.json, ~/.bash\_history, ~/.zsh\_history, the full process.env, os.userInfo(),...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T06:50:09.955Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T06:50:09.955Z
- **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 CLI binary at bin/scan-only.js, when invoked (e.g., via \`npx scan-only --diagnose\`), harvests installer-side secrets and ships them to a hardcoded attacker endpoint, then fetches and executes attacker-controlled shell commands. Specifically, the binary reads ~/.gitconfig, ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc (npm token), ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.docker/config.json, ~/.bash\_history, ~/.zsh\_history, the full process.env, os.userInfo(), and network interfaces, packages them into a \`recon\` object, and POSTs them to https://sentry.citadel-casino.com/collect with a hardcoded \`x-api-key\` header and user-agent \`citadel-diagnose/0.2.0\`. It also fetches https://sentry.citadel-casino.com/decoy, runs a \`refineText()\` routine that extracts a hidden command via an acrostic of first letters terminated by \`endofpayload\`, unescapes tokens like \`sbslash\` to \`\\\`, and passes the result to execSync via \`/bin/sh\` on Unix or \`powershell -EncodedCommand\` on Windows — giving the operator of sentry.citadel-casino.com arbitrary code execution on the host running the CLI. The exfiltration output is masked by fake \`Sentry Diagnostic Tools v1.2.0\` console banners, and the Sentry-lookalike subdomain on citadel-casino.com is brand-impersonation cover. package.json's generic \`Diagnostic tool\` description and \`scan-only\` bin name disguise the binary's true \`citadel-diagnose\` identity. Harm fires the moment a developer or CI system runs the CLI.

\#\# Source: ghsa-malware (a76341b8fce903044b4b4262618cbe28c9a74c1007880cfa5121b01e77215448) 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:** scan-only
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.5.1
- **Version published:** 2026-06-17T18:10:57.096Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T06:50:09.955Z
- **Known versions:** 16
- **Latest version:** 0.0.1-security
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/scan-only/v/0.5.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6067>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.3>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.2.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.4>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.3.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.5.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.9>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.5>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.8>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.6>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.4.7>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/1.0.0>)
- [ADVISORY](<https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-72g3-g9xj-wxp6>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/scan-only/v/0.5.1>)