GHSA-cr5w-6rv4-r2qgCriticalCVSS 9.8Disclosed before NVD

Malicious Package in maleficent

Published
September 3, 2020
Last Modified
January 9, 2023

📋 Description

All versions of maleficent contain malicious code. The package is a demonstration of possible risks when installing npm packages. It gathers system information such as: environment variables, OS information, network interface, AWS credentials, npm credentials and ssh keys. The package prints the information to a local file but does not upload it to a remote server.

Recommendation

Remove the package from your environment. There is no further compromise.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/maleficent:>= 0

🔗 References (2)