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Malicious Package in test-module-a

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 11, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm test-module-a (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of test-module-a contain malicious code as a preinstall script. The package fetches all names of npm packages owned by the user and attempts to add another maintainer to every package as a means of package hijacking,

Recommendation

Remove the package from your system. If you own any packages that were compromised please contact npm security immediately at [email protected]. Also enable 2FA for publishing to further secure packages you maintain.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 11, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-76xq-58hj-vwm2

Source code

No known source code
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