GHSA-w3f3-4j22-2v3pCriticalCVSS 9.8Disclosed before NVD

Malicious Package in destroyer-of-worlds

Published
September 2, 2020
Last Modified
January 9, 2023

📋 Description

The package destroyer-of-worlds contained malicious code. The package contained a bash script that was run as a postinstall script. The script deleted system files and attempted to exhaust resources by creating a large file, a fork bomb and an endless loop. The script targeted UNIX systems.

Recommendation

Remove the package from your environment and perform additional incident response on your system's files and processes.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/destroyer-of-worlds:>= 0

🔗 References (2)