Malicious Package Affecting yandex-logger-std package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-YANDEXLOGGERSTD-3253424
  • published30 Jan 2023
  • disclosed30 Jan 2023
  • creditunknown

Introduced: 30 Jan 2023

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

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the yandex-logger-std package.

Overview

yandex-logger-std is a malicious package. This is a typo-squatting attack, which means the package name is based on the existing repositories, namespaces, or components. It aims to trick users into downloading a package that contains malicious code.

This targets popular Yandex packages and contains malicious code in the preinstall command which allows sending sensitive information about the system and user to a remote server.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1