GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-725f-3pw7-rq6x Malicious Package in 8.9.4

CRITICAL Published 2020-09-03 Modified 2021-09-29 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
8.9.4
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-506
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm 8.9.4: >= 0.0.0 (no fix yet)

Description

Versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 of `8.9.4` contain malicious code as a preinstall script. The package reads the system's SSH keys but does not upload it to a remote server. Recommendation Remove the package from your environment. There is no evidence of further compromise at the moment.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References