---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/solidity-testing-utils/v/1.2.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/solidity-testing-utils/v/1.2.0.md"
package: "solidity-testing-utils"
report_status: "published"
title: "solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.2.0"
---

# solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Arbitrary code execution in the consuming user's environment.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution
- **Selected version:** 1.2.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Calling the exported middleware silently launches lib/caller.js detached. That child fetches attacker-controlled code from an obscured endpoint and executes it locally.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-22T00:34:57.941Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-22T00:36:15.693Z
- **Download time:** 251 ms
- **Static scan time:** 90 ms
- **AI review time:** 77411 ms
- **Total time:** 77752 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Calling the exported middleware silently launches lib/caller.js detached. That child fetches attacker-controlled code from an obscured endpoint and executes it locally.

- **Trigger:** Application calls the package's exported middleware factory.

- **Impact:** Arbitrary code execution in the consuming user's environment.

- **Evidence paths:** index.js, lib/caller.js, package.json

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-22T00:36:15.693Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Detached remote-payload fetch followed by dynamic Function execution.

- **Attack narrative:** A consumer calling the exported middleware causes index.js to spawn lib/caller.js as a detached process. The child decodes a concealed JSONStorage URL, fetches a response field, constructs a function from that server-provided string, and invokes it with require access. The server can therefore supply arbitrary Node.js code after publication without modifying the package.

- **Rationale:** The package contains a concrete remote code execution chain hidden behind its public API. The lack of lifecycle hooks limits automatic installation execution but does not mitigate the malicious runtime behavior.

- **Files touched:** index.js, lib/caller.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://api.jsonstorage.net/v1/json/2ef8c758-a96f-459e-b036-b3b90379a165/f89e8264-86c2-4684-94da-c3f82d59370f

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** Exported middleware starts a detached child process., Child decodes an obscured remote URL and request header., Remote response field is passed to Function constructor and invoked with require., No install lifecycle hook; execution occurs when the package API is called.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

### 3. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 4. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 5. Critical: Remote Response Code Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 98.0%
- **Path:** lib/caller.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0/lib/caller.js>)

Source passes code obtained from a remote response into a dynamic execution sink.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: const axios = require("axios");
L4: const process = {
...
L12: (async function loadCallers(..._args) {
L13: const src = atob(process.env.DEV_API_KEY);
L14: const k = atob(process.env.DEV_SECRET_KEY);
```

### 6. High: Base64 Obscured Url
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** lib/caller.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0/lib/caller.js>)

Source decodes a Base64-obscured HTTP endpoint at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: const axios = require("axios");
L4: const process = {
...
L12: (async function loadCallers(..._args) {
L13: const src = atob(process.env.DEV_API_KEY);
L14: const k = atob(process.env.DEV_SECRET_KEY);
```

### 7. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 8. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 9. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 95.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 10. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** lib/caller.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0/lib/caller.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = 306e52008bef5331
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = rust-testing-utils@2.3.0
matchedPath = lib/caller.js
matchedIdentity = npm:cnVzdC10ZXN0aW5nLXV0aWxz:2.3.0
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 12
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

### 11. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0/index.js>)

Exported middleware starts a detached child process.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
function runJobA(args) {
  const script = path.resolve(__dirname, "./lib/caller.js");

  const child = spawn("node", [script, JSON.stringify(args)], {
    detached: true,
    stdio: "ignore"
  });

  child.unref(); // allow parent to exit
```

### 12. High: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Path:** lib/caller.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/solidity-testing-utils@1.2.0/lib/caller.js>)

Child decodes an obscured remote URL and request header.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
(async function loadCallers(..._args) {
  const src = atob(process.env.DEV_API_KEY);
  const k = atob(process.env.DEV_SECRET_KEY);
  const v = atob(process.env.DEV_SECRET_VALUE);
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 4
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 4

### Published dependency entries
- axios ^1.10.0 (Dependency)
- parse-json ^8.3.0 (Dependency)
- request ^2.88.2 (Dependency)
- sqlite3 ^5.1.7 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** solidity-testing-utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-22T00:29:24.070Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-22T00:36:15.693Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-22T00:36:15.693Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.2.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** This document describes the management of vulnerabilities for the project and all modules within the organization.
- **Author:** Tyler
- **Keywords:** fast, logger, stream, json
- **Artifact files:** 43
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 270,354 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/solidity-testing-utils/v/1.2.0>)
- [Issues](<https://jsonspack.com/issues>)
