Malicious Package Affecting github.com/utilizedsun/layout package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMUTILIZEDSUNLAYOUT-9402105
  • published12 Mar 2025
  • disclosed3 Mar 2025
  • creditKirill Boychenko

Introduced: 3 Mar 2025

New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the github.com/utilizedsun/layout package.

Overview

github.com/utilizedsun/layout is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that loads malware on UNIX-like systems. Its name is intended to deliberately be confused for that of the legitimate package loov/layout. The obfuscated code downloads a script from a remote location, and installs an ELF file which collects system information and may be leveraged for further attacks.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1