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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/warp-drive-internal-tooling"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/warp-drive-internal-tooling/report.md"
package: "warp-drive-internal-tooling"
report_status: "published"
title: "warp-drive-internal-tooling@99.9.9 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "99.9.9"
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# warp-drive-internal-tooling@99.9.9 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12500 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 99.9.9
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12500 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12500 confirms this npm version as malicious. warp-drive-internal-tooling@99.9.9 declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js, which on Windows spawns a hidden-window PowerShell process (\`powershell -WindowStyle Hidden\`) that downloads a zip archive from the anonymous file host files.catbox.moe (https://files.catbox.moe/5khq55.zip), extracts it into %TEMP%, and launches Verification\_Tool.exe via Start-Process...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

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 warp-drive-internal-tooling@99.9.9.

- Avoid installing warp-drive-internal-tooling@99.9.9. 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: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

warp-drive-internal-tooling@99.9.9 declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js, which on Windows spawns a hidden-window PowerShell process (\`powershell -WindowStyle Hidden\`) that downloads a zip archive from the anonymous file host files.catbox.moe (https://files.catbox.moe/5khq55.zip), extracts it into %TEMP%, and launches Verification\_Tool.exe via Start-Process. The remote host is an unauthenticated throwaway file service unrelated to the package's stated purpose, the download is unpinned and unverified (no hash, no signature), and the fetched binary is opaque. Because npm auto-runs preinstall on every \`npm install\`, this results in unattended execution of an attacker-controlled Windows executable on the installer's machine, with concealment (hidden PowerShell window, staging under %TEMP% with a benign 'Verification\_Tool' filename) consistent with a dropper rather than a legitimate build step.

## 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:** warp-drive-internal-tooling
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 99.9.9
- **Version published:** 2026-07-31T18:17:44.762Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T14:00:11.823Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 99.9.9
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/warp-drive-internal-tooling>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12500>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/warp-drive-internal-tooling/v/99.9.9>)