Thousands of Malicious npm Packages Threaten Web Apps

More than 1,300 malicious packages have been identified in the most oft-downloaded JavaScript package repository used by developers, npm, in the last six months — a rapid increase that showcases how npm has become a launchpad for a range of nefarious activities. New research from open-source...

MAL-2022-7431 Malicious code in bootstrap-feature (npm)

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MAL-2021-4 Malicious code in lib-bb-html-sanitizer (npm)

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MAL-2021-2 Malicious code in dbp-polyfills (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 4f59dcb33c6b979c2571b136278d2a4dbb77c122506b74f77ed0bc422fed824a Malicious packages campaign since 2021 targeting developers, steals source code and secrets...

Malicious PyPI Code Packages Rack Up Thousands of Downloads

Three malicious packages hosted in the Python Package Index PyPI code repository have been uncovered, which collectively have more than 12,000 downloads – and presumably slithered into installations in various applications. Independent researcher Andrew Scott found the packages during a nearly...

Malicious npm Code Packages Built for Hijacking Discord Servers

A series of malicious packages in the Node.js package manager npm code repository are looking to harvest Discord tokens, which can be used to take over unsuspecting users’ accounts and servers. The npm repository is an open-source home for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code blocks. The...

CVE-2021-39158

NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain gfortranversion prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe...

The vulnerability of the EVlink City, Parking, and Smart Wallbox software lies in errors in the verification of cryptographic signatures. This allows a malicious actor to create a malicious package and bypass the signature verification mechanism.

The vulnerability of the EVlink City, Parking, and Smart Wallbox software is related to errors in verifying the cryptographic signature. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to create a malicious package and bypass the signature verification mechanism...

Malicious Package

Overview acookie is a malicious package. It uses a preinstall script to steal environment variables. Remediation Avoid using all malicious instances of the acookie package. Credit: Snyk Research...

Cryptominers Slither into Python Projects in Supply-Chain Campaign

A group of cryptominers was found to have infiltrated the Python Package Index PyPI, which is a repository of software code created in the Python programming language. Similar to other repositories like GitHub, npm and RubyGems, PyPI is part of the software supply chain. It offers a place where...

3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System 安全漏洞

3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System is a suite of programming tools for the field of industrial controllers and automation technology from 3S-Smart Software Solutions 3s-smart Software Solutions, Germany. A security vulnerability exists in CODESYS Development System prior to...

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in ansible

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disablegpgcheck is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21373

Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release versions before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, "nimble refresh" fetches a list of Nimble packages over HTTPS by default. In case of error it falls back to a non-TLS URL http://irclogs.nim-lang.org/packages.json. An attacker...

CVE-2021-21373

Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release versions before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, "nimble refresh" fetches a list of Nimble packages over HTTPS by default. In case of error it falls back to a non-TLS URL http://irclogs.nim-lang.org/packages.json. An attacker...

Malicious Package

Overview paychex-common-npm is a malicious package. It uses a preinstall script to steal environment variables. Remediation Avoid using all malicious instances of the paychex-common-npm package. Credit: Snyk Research...

Malicious Package

Overview From https://blog.sonatype.com/sonatype-spots-more-discord-malware-in-npm?hspreview=BbDPGbfh-40737456755: The malicious packages were detected by Sonatype’s Security Research Team leveraging Sonatype’s Nexus Intelligence research service. On analyzing these packages closely, our Security...

Privilege Escalation

PackageKit is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. A local authenticated attacker could install malicious packages using a configured PolicyKit...

CVE-2020-16122

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages...

CVE-2020-16122

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16122

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages...