Security Trust Report: node-ipc

[email protected]: 65/100 | Grade: B | Tier: STANDARD (confidence: ±3)

Data verified on 2026-04-02 from 8 security databases.

TL;DR

• Security incident detected — compromised via account takeover/sabotage
• Consider switching to net (Node.js built-in IPC)
• Pin your version and monitor for changes

⚠️ Security Incident Background

In March 2022, the maintainer added a dependency (peacenotwar) that contained code to overwrite files on machines with Russian or Belarusian IP addresses. This was classified as protestware.

Score Breakdown

Maintainer Trust:  ███████████████░░░░░ 77/100
Package Health:    █████████████████░░░ 87/100
Supply Chain:      ███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 37/100
Community:         █████████░░░░░░░░░░░ 46/100

Why this score?

• Supply Chain is 37 because: 1 security incident(s) in breach database, in breach database
• Community is 46 because: no public GitHub repo linked (may be private or on another platform)

⚠️ Security Incident

This package was compromised via account takeover/sabotage (no CVE assigned). See Security Incident Background above for details.

Key Risk Flags

• 🔴 CRITICAL: HISTORICAL BREACH: Protestware — peacenotwar module added (2022)
• 🔴 CRITICAL: 1 CRITICAL security incident from breach database (no CVE assigned)
• 🟠 HIGH: Maintainer(s) removed in v8.10.1: alansikora, gloridea, kevinwilson541, mayberex, mostafa-samir, robatron, rsp, theadd, vvinder
• 🟠 HIGH: Burst publishing detected — 5+ versions in a single day

🛠️ What Should You Do?

Immediate:

• 📌 Pin to known-safe version: 9.2.1 (before peacenotwar)
• 🔄 Or replace with net — Node.js built-in IPC
• 📖 Review the security incident above

Always: Pin version, run pkgtrust scan in CI, monitor at nrupak.com/trust/node-ipc

🔄 Safer Alternatives

| Package | Why | Trust Report | |---------|-----|-------------| | net | Node.js built-in IPC | View score |

Maintainers

• alansikora ✅ 2FA (freemail)
• rsp ✅ 2FA (freemail)
• mostafa-samir ✅ 2FA (freemail)
• theadd ✅ 2FA (freemail)
• robatron ✅ 2FA (freemail)
• ...and 7 more maintainers

Methodology: 18+ signals across 4 categories (Maintainer 35%, Package 25%, Supply Chain 25%, Community 15%). Full scoring docs →

Check your project: npm i -g @cyberhub/pkgtrust && pkgtrust scan node-ipc — CLI docs Data Sources: GitHub Advisories · OSV.dev · npm audit · Snyk · Socket.dev · npms.io · Bundlephobia · deps.dev

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This is an automated security report. Not affiliated with the node-ipc team. Updated 2026-04-02.