Malicious Package Affecting lengf233 package, versions =1.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LENGF233-3034792
  • published28 Sept 2022
  • disclosed28 Sept 2022
  • creditSnyk Research Team

Introduced: 28 Sep 2022

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the lengf233 package.

Overview

lengf233 is a malicious package. The package's name is based on existing repositories, namespaces, or components used by popular companies in an effort to trick employees into downloading it, also known as 'dependency confusion'. Therefore, you're only vulnerable if this package was installed from the public NPM registry rather than your private registry.

Note: This malicious package was uncovered by one of Snyk's automated algorithms, and was confirmed to contain malicious code by our Security Research Team. For more context, please visit our blogpost.

CVSS Scores

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