Malicious Package Affecting rands package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
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Attacked
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- published28 Mar 2026
- disclosed10 Feb 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 10 Feb 2025
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 rands package.
Overview
rands is a malicious package. through the build process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code on macOS and Linux systems by introducing a malicious payload during compilation.