--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/verdaccio-okta-oauth/v/40.2.0" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/verdaccio-okta-oauth/v/40.2.0.md" package: "verdaccio-okta-oauth" report_status: "published" title: "verdaccio-okta-oauth@40.2.0 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "40.2.0" --- # verdaccio-okta-oauth@40.2.0 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 **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 12 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution - **Selected version:** 40.2.0 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The CLI has a reachable command injection vulnerability: request-controlled input flows into a shell command without safe argument handling. This supports a critical vulnerability warning, but source inspection does not establish that the package deliberately exploits it. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 98.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-15T21:03:34.021Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-15T21:04:34.173Z - **Download time:** 1025 ms - **Static scan time:** 28 ms - **AI review time:** 59099 ms - **Total time:** 60152 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:** The invoked authentication CLI exposes a concrete command injection risk through its HTTP callback listener. A request can supply the token value that the listener passes to a shell command. - **Trigger:** Run the CLI and send an HTTP request to its listener on port 8239 while it is active. - **Impact:** A reachable attacker may execute commands with the CLI user's privileges and alter the npm configuration. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/index.js, src/cli.ts, dist/cli.js, src/index.ts - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-15T21:04:34.173Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The listener reads npm\_token from the request query and interpolates it into a double-quoted command executed with execSync, without authenticating the request or safely separating command arguments. - **Rationale:** The CLI has a reachable command injection vulnerability: request-controlled input flows into a shell command without safe argument handling. This supports a critical vulnerability warning, but source inspection does not establish that the package deliberately exploits it. - **Files touched:** src/cli.ts, dist/cli.js - **Network endpoints:** http://localhost:8239 ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Critical Vulnerability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The manifest exposes bin/index.js, which loads dist/cli.js when the CLI is invoked., The CLI parses npm\_token from an HTTP request query and only checks that it is a string., The handler inserts that request value into a shell command passed to execSync without shell-safe argument handling., The normal OAuth callback targets localhost:8239 and generates npm\_token from the username and refresh token; the listener does not verify that a request came from this callback., The built CLI contains the same listener and shell command, which targets the configured registry. - **Evidence against:** The CLI's token configuration command is scoped to the configured registry host and path, consistent with its registry authentication purpose. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to verdaccio-okta-oauth@40.2.0. - Review the evidence and your use of verdaccio-okta-oauth@40.2.0 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. ## Public findings ### 1. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 2. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 3. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ### 4. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = verdaccio-okta-oauth@38.1.6 matchedPath = dist/cli.js matchedIdentity = npm:dmVyZGFjY2lvLW9rdGEtb2F1dGg:38.1.6 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 5. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** src/cli.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = verdaccio-okta-oauth@38.1.6 matchedPath = src/cli.ts matchedIdentity = npm:dmVyZGFjY2lvLW9rdGEtb2F1dGg:38.1.6 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 6. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The manifest exposes bin/index.js, which loads dist/cli.js when the CLI is invoked. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "files": [ "bin", "dist", "src" ], "bin": "./bin/index.js", "devDependencies": { "@types/express": "~5 ``` ### 7. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** bin/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The manifest exposes bin/index.js, which loads dist/cli.js when the CLI is invoked. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript #!/usr/bin/env node import('../dist/cli.js'); ``` ### 8. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** src/cli.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() The CLI parses npm\_token from an HTTP request query and only checks that it is a string. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript open(registry + 'oauth/authorize'); http.createServer((req, res) => { if (!req.url) { throw new Error('Request URL is not defined!'); } const { query: { username, jwt_token, npm_token, redirect_uri }, } = url.parse(req.url, true); if (typeof username !== 'string') { throw new Error('"username" should be a string value!'); } if (typeof jwt_token !== 'string') { thr ``` ### 9. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** src/cli.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() The CLI parses npm\_token from an HTTP request query and only checks that it is a string. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript if (typeof jwt_token !== 'string') { throw new Error('"jwt_token" should be a string value!'); } if (typeof npm_token !== 'string') { throw new Error('"npm_token" should be a string value!'); } if (typeof redirect_uri !== 'string') { throw new Error('"re ``` ### 10. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The CLI parses npm\_token from an HTTP request query and only checks that it is a string. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript http.createServer((req, res)=>{ if (!req.url) { throw new Error('Request URL is not defined!'); } const { query: { username, jwt_token, npm_token, redirect_uri } } = url.parse(req.url, true); if (typeof username !== 'string') { throw new Error('"username" should be a string value!'); } if (typeof jwt_token !== 'string') { throw new Error('"jwt_token" should be a string value!'); } if (typeof npm_token !== 'string') { throw new Error('"npm_token" should be a string value!'); } if (typeof redirect_uri !== 'string') { ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** src/cli.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() The handler inserts that request value into a shell command passed to execSync without shell-safe argument handling. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript const { host, pathname } = new URL(registry); execSync(`npm config set --no-workspaces //${host}${pathname}:_authToken "${npm_token}"`); res.writeHead(302, { Location: `${redirect_uri}?${new URLSearchParams({ username, token: jwt_token, }).toString()}`, }); res.end(() => { proces ``` ### 12. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The handler inserts that request value into a shell command passed to execSync without shell-safe argument handling. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const { host, pathname } = new URL(registry); execSync(`npm config set --no-workspaces //${host}${pathname}:_authToken "${npm_token}"`); res.writeHead(302, { Location: `${redirect_uri}?${new URLSearchParams({ username, token: jwt_token }).toString()}` }); res.end(()=>{ process.exit(0); }); }).listen(8239); //# sourceMappingURL=cli.js.map ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 7 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 3 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 7 ### Published dependency entries - @verdaccio/types ~10.4.2 (Dependency) - axios ^1.20.0 (Dependency) - express ^5.2.1 (Dependency) - node-cache ~5.1.2 (Dependency) - open ~11.0.4 (Dependency) - uuid ~14.0.2 (Dependency) - yargs ~18.2.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** verdaccio-okta-oauth - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 40.2.0 - **Version published:** 2026-10-15T20:44:47.434Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T04:07:02.922Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-16T21:18:54.011Z - **Known versions:** 30 - **Latest version:** 40.2.2 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Verdaccio authentication plugin using Okta OAuth - **Maintainers:** st-team - **Artifact files:** 17 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 47,416 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()