Malicious Package Affecting sonatype package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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- published 20 Jan 2021
- disclosed 20 Jan 2021
- credit Sonatype
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the sonatype
package.
Overview
sonatype is a malicious package. This is a malware campaign targeting supply chains. A bot to generate fake download counts for the packages is being used, so that they appear more popular to potential users.