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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/string-format-kit/v/1.0.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/string-format-kit/v/1.0.1.md"
package: "string-format-kit"
report_status: "published"
title: "string-format-kit@1.0.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.1"
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# string-format-kit@1.0.1 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:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11108 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's postinstall.js lifecycle script executes a shell pipeline via child\_process.exec on npm install. The pipeline reads ~/.ssh/id\_rsa, ~/.ssh/authorized\_keys, ~/.ssh/known\_hosts, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.bash\_history, the full process environment, and host reconnaissance output (whoami, hostname, id, sudo -ln, uname, /etc/os-release, /proc/1/cgroup, /.dockerenv, ps aux, ip addr, ls -la /), base64-encodes the...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T10:20:09.778Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T10:20:09.778Z
- **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 postinstall.js lifecycle script executes a shell pipeline via child\_process.exec on npm install. The pipeline reads ~/.ssh/id\_rsa, ~/.ssh/authorized\_keys, ~/.ssh/known\_hosts, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.bash\_history, the full process environment, and host reconnaissance output (whoami, hostname, id, sudo -ln, uname, /etc/os-release, /proc/1/cgroup, /.dockerenv, ps aux, ip addr, ls -la /), base64-encodes the aggregate, and transmits it via curl over plain HTTP to a hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain at pzs5w7ntzhsnepwk564lyfdci3oucl0a.oastify.com/d. The declared package purpose (string formatting) has no legitimate need to read the installer's SSH private keys or cloud credentials. The name resembles legitimate string-formatting libraries, consistent with typosquatting to lure installations.

\#\# Source: ossf-package-analysis (752f3e4fded6d0546e00af595793134c025fd4afd8ee6d8188e0146a608b1cfb) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'string-format-kit' @ 1.0.2 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## 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:** string-format-kit
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Version published:** 2026-07-28T06:12:11.020Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-28T07:50:05.481Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T10:20:09.778Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.2
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/string-format-kit/v/1.0.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11108>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/string-format-kit/v/1.0.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/string-format-kit/v/1.0.1>)