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

# studiocode\_tools@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:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-17523 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-17523 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs \`wscript.exe 4444.vbs\`, auto-executing on \`npm install\` on Windows. The shipped 4444.vbs contains hand-rolled AES and ChaCha20 implementations with XOR-obfuscated S-boxes, SHA-256 round constants XORed with 0x5A5A5A5A, and hundreds of base64 ciphertext fragments (\`ArtifactBundleHX\`) that are reassembled and decrypted at runtime into a PowerShell loader...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-04T23:50:07.297Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Download time:** 762 ms
- **Static scan time:** 8 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 770 ms

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 studiocode\_tools@1.0.1.

- Avoid installing studiocode\_tools@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: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/studiocode_tools@1.0.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = wscript.exe 4444.vbs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/studiocode_tools@1.0.1/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = wscript.exe 4444.vbs
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** studiocode\_tools
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Version published:** 2026-10-01T13:35:38.543Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-04T23:50:08.067Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/studiocode_tools/v/1.0.1>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17523>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/studiocode_tools/v/1.0.1>)