GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-wp2p-q35g-3rjj Malicious Package in soket.io

CRITICAL Published 2020-09-01 Modified 2021-10-01 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
soket.io
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 soket.io: all versions (no fix yet)

Description

All versions of `soket.io` are considered malicious. The package is malware designed to take advantage of users making a mistake when typing the name of a module to install. When executed, the package calls home to a Command and Control server to execute arbitrary commands. Recommendation This package was published to the npm Registry for a very short period of time. If you happen to find it in your environment you should revoke and rotate all credentials found on the compromised machine, as well as completely erase the affected machine and reinstall your Operating System.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References