Malicious Package Affecting github.com/utilizedsun/layout package, versions >=0.0.0
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- published12 Mar 2025
- disclosed3 Mar 2025
- creditKirill Boychenko
Introduced: 3 Mar 2025
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
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.