---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/techportal/v/4.0.11"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/techportal/v/4.0.11.md"
package: "techportal"
report_status: "published"
title: "techportal@4.0.11 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "4.0.11"
---

# techportal@4.0.11 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:** 4.0.11
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

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/\<token\>/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:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-04T05:50:05.900Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-04T05:50:05.900Z
- **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%

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/\<token\>/techportal/4.0.10, carrying the values in X-Bug-Bounty-Host, X-Bug-Bounty-User, and X-Bug-Bounty-Path headers. If the HTTP beacon fails or times out, the same identifiers are packed as base32-encoded DNS subdomain labels and queried (resolve4/resolve6/resolveTxt) against three hardcoded \`\*.oob.asm5.net\` collector domains, providing a DNS-tunneling channel that bypasses HTTP egress controls. Destination is not caller-configurable and there is no install-time opt-in. Self-labeling of the beacon as an authorized bug bounty or dual-use tool does not change the data flow: installer host identity leaves the installer's machine on \`npm install\` to hardcoded attacker-operated infrastructure.

## 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:** techportal
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.0.11
- **Version published:** 2026-08-27T11:38:28.180Z
- **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](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/techportal/v/4.0.11>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-15561>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/techportal/v/4.0.10>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/techportal/v/4.0.11>)