xapi-lib@88.2.3
This package is for get the IP location and metadata
AI Security Review
scanned 7d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest activates the request during installation, and the entrypoint sends it to a fixed endpoint with a hardcoded request tag. This is an unconsented installation beacon, so the package should be blocked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
npm install runs the preinstall script.
Impact
The service can log the installer’s network address and correlate it with the tagged request; no consent guard is present.
Mechanism
The hook runs index.js, which sends an HTTPS lookup to realwbx.com with a fixed public IP query and a hardcoded authorization tag.
Attack narrative
The preinstall hook unconditionally sends a tagged request to a fixed external endpoint. Although the package describes an IP lookup function, the install-time call uses a fixed public IP and exposes the installer’s network address without a consent guard.
AI rationale
The manifest activates the request during installation, and the entrypoint sends it to a fixed endpoint with a hardcoded request tag. This is an unconsented installation beacon, so the package should be blocked.
Evidence
package.jsonindex.js
Network endpoints1
realwbx.com/ip.php
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 94.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The preinstall script automatically runs index.js.
- The entrypoint calls the lookup with a fixed public IP without requiring a caller to invoke it.
- The lookup targets a fixed external host and includes a hardcoded authorization tag.
- The HTTPS request is sent during installation, exposing the installer’s network address to that host.
- The package describes IP location lookup as its purpose, but that does not establish consent to an install-time request.
Evidence against
- The lookup matches the package’s stated function and uses a fixed public IP as its query.
Behavioral surface
Network
UrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.preinstall = node index.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg18"preinstall": "node index.js"
},
"dependencies": {
"request": "^2.88.2"
High
4"description": "This package is for get the IP location and metadata",
"keywords": [
"ip"
],
"license": "
High
Ai Review Evidence
The package describes IP location lookup as its purpose, but that does not establish consent to an install-time request.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L4index.jsView file
Findings
5 High2 Medium2 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighAi Review Evidencepackage.json
HighAi Review Evidenceindex.js
HighAi Review Evidenceindex.js
HighAi Review Evidencepackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumStripped Provenance Metadataindex.js
LowScripts Present
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to xapi-lib@88.2.3.
See all versions of xapi-lib for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing xapi-lib@88.2.3. 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.
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