Malicious Package Affecting zzhelloworld_socktest package, versions =0.1.8=0.2.1=0.1.7=0.2.0=0.1.6=0.1.5=0.1.9
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
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- published22 Oct 2026
- disclosed21 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 21 Oct 2026
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 zzhelloworld_socktest package.
Overview
zzhelloworld_socktest is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.