Malicious Package Affecting com.github.codingandcoding:maven-compiler-plugin package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUBCODINGANDCODING-1059413
  • published14 Jan 2021
  • disclosed13 Jan 2021
  • creditSonatype Security Research Team

Introduced: 13 Jan 2021

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

How to fix?

Avoid using com.github.codingandcoding:maven-compiler-plugin altogether.

Overview

com.github.codingandcoding:maven-compiler-plugin is a malicious package.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Malicious Package. Within the JAR of this component, the malicious code exists in the execute() method of the CompilerMojo.class file, which contains a hardcoded C2 server link.

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