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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/timed-assess/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/timed-assess/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "timed-assess"
report_status: "published"
title: "timed-assess@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
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# timed-assess@1.0.0 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:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14216 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json declares \`postinstall: node apps\`, which loads apps/index.js. The script reads a bundled file, decrypts it with hardcoded DES key 'bf497c0b9cee' (CryptoJS.DES.decrypt), and pipes the resulting plaintext into the stdin of a detached \`spawn('node', \[\], { detached: true, stdio: \['pipe','ignore','ignore'\] })\` process...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-19T03:25:05.085Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-19T03:25:05.085Z
- **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 \`postinstall: node apps\`, which loads apps/index.js. The script reads a bundled file, decrypts it with hardcoded DES key 'bf497c0b9cee' (CryptoJS.DES.decrypt), and pipes the resulting plaintext into the stdin of a detached \`spawn('node', \[\], { detached: true, stdio: \['pipe','ignore','ignore'\] })\` process. Identifiers such as \`readLogoIco\` and \`rsa\_exec\` and log strings like 'ThetaSDK initialization error' are mislabeled and unrelated to the code's actual behavior of running arbitrary JavaScript. The detached stdio-ignore configuration suppresses output from the installer. This chain executes attacker-controlled JavaScript on the installer's host automatically on \`npm install\`.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** timed-assess
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-18T18:59:48.130Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-19T03:25:05.085Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-19T03:25:05.085Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** \`timed-assess\` is a Node.js module for proctoring technical assessments. It provides session time-tracking and AI-generated content detection to help evaluators detect cheating or misuse during coding tests.
- **Maintainers:** marianrosemonte
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 60
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 701,485 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/timed-assess/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14216>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/timed-assess/v/1.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/timed-assess/v/1.0.1>)