---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/string-formatter-pro"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/string-formatter-pro/report.md"
package: "string-formatter-pro"
report_status: "published"
title: "string-formatter-pro@1.0.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.1"
---

# string-formatter-pro@1.0.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-10748 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-10748 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-10748 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package advertises itself as a string-formatting utility whose main module exports only a trivial one-line capitalize() function, but ships a postinstall.js lifecycle script that runs automatically on \`npm install\`. postinstall.js issues a chain of curl commands against cloud instance-metadata endpoints (AWS IMDS at 169.254.169.254, Alibaba at 100.100.100.200, Tencent at metadata.tencentyun.com, and...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-16T19:45:09.798Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-16T19:45:09.798Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to string-formatter-pro@1.0.1.

- Avoid installing string-formatter-pro@1.0.1. 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

The package advertises itself as a string-formatting utility whose main module exports only a trivial one-line capitalize() function, but ships a postinstall.js lifecycle script that runs automatically on \`npm install\`. postinstall.js issues a chain of curl commands against cloud instance-metadata endpoints (AWS IMDS at 169.254.169.254, Alibaba at 100.100.100.200, Tencent at metadata.tencentyun.com, and 169.254.0.23) to harvest IAM security credentials, EC2 user-data, the instance identity document, and the host's OpenSSH public key, then POSTs the aggregated output plus a directory listing of /data/ to the hardcoded destination pwpzhsrbtvmfqrqr7onqcwnrcii960up.oastify.com (a Burp Collaborator subdomain). The trivial library surface is a decoy for install-time credential theft against the installer's cloud environment.

## 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-formatter-pro
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Version published:** 2026-07-16T13:28:17.554Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-16T13:06:41.032Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-16T19:45:09.798Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/string-formatter-pro>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10748>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/string-formatter-pro/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/string-formatter-pro/v/1.0.0>)