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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/zenntechinc-cli"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/zenntechinc-cli/report.md"
package: "zenntechinc-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "zenntechinc-cli@1.6.6 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.6.6"
---

# zenntechinc-cli@1.6.6 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-14539 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:** 1.6.6
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-14539 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-14539 confirms this npm version as malicious. The npm package ships an obfuscated payload appended to templates/backend/.eslintrc.js, after a legitimate-looking ESLint config. The payload uses obfuscator.io-style string-array indirection (rotating \_0x12f0() table, hex-named identifiers) to conceal Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoints (eth.drpc.org, ethereum.publicnode.com, blastapi.io, blockscout) and an Etherscan-style txlist indexer path...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-26T16:25:04.550Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-26T16:25:04.550Z
- **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 zenntechinc-cli@1.6.6.

The same advisory and Firewall decision cover these 2 recorded versions: 1.6.4, 1.6.6.

- Avoid installing zenntechinc-cli@1.6.6. 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%

The npm package ships an obfuscated payload appended to templates/backend/.eslintrc.js, after a legitimate-looking ESLint config. The payload uses obfuscator.io-style string-array indirection (rotating \_0x12f0() table, hex-named identifiers) to conceal Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoints (eth.drpc.org, ethereum.publicnode.com, blastapi.io, blockscout) and an Etherscan-style txlist indexer path. It queries the latest transaction from a hardcoded sender address (0xa322e5f3...9adc2490ef), decodes two IPv4 C2 addresses from the transaction's \`to\` field, fetches an XOR-encoded payload from those IPs, and executes it via eval() and spawn('node', \['-e', payload\], {detached:true}).unref(). The CLI's \`new\` subcommand in bin/zenntechinc.js recursively copies the entire templates/backend tree — including the malicious.eslintrc.js — into the user-specified target directory via copyDirectory(), with no filtering. Any subsequent editor open, ESLint invocation, or lint script run inside the generated project loads this.eslintrc.js and triggers the blockchain-resolved remote code execution with full developer privileges. The CLI's advertised purpose (backend scaffolding) is the delivery vector for the RCE payload into the installer's workspace.

## 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:** zenntechinc-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.6.6
- **Version published:** 2026-08-26T10:30:09.783Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-22T11:31:59.625Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-26T16:25:04.550Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.6.6
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/zenntechinc-cli>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14539>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/zenntechinc-cli/v/1.6.6>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/zenntechinc-cli/v/1.6.4>)