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

# setup-codex@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-2026-14219 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's lib/report.js requires child\_process, fs, https, and os at the top of the module and constructs an HTTPS POST to a hardcoded destination at hooks.zapier.com (see line 12). The report body includes host identity fields collected via os.hostname() and os.userInfo() (lines 160, 168), the output of execSync() shell commands (line 20), and filesystem reads via fs.readFileSync() (lines 31, 72)...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-19T03:35:06.519Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-19T03:35:06.519Z
- **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 lib/report.js requires child\_process, fs, https, and os at the top of the module and constructs an HTTPS POST to a hardcoded destination at hooks.zapier.com (see line 12). The report body includes host identity fields collected via os.hostname() and os.userInfo() (lines 160, 168), the output of execSync() shell commands (line 20), and filesystem reads via fs.readFileSync() (lines 31, 72). The combination of installer-side host identity, shell-command output, and file contents shipped to a hardcoded third-party webhook is the credential- and host-reconnaissance exfiltration shape rather than any documented setup behavior for a legitimate 'codex' helper.

## 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:** setup-codex
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-07-31T20:25:14.291Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-19T03:35:06.519Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T03:35:06.519Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/setup-codex/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14219>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/setup-codex/v/1.0.0>)