Developer Alert: NPM Packages for Node.js Hiding Dangerous TurkoRat Malware

Two malicious packages discovered in the npm package repository have been found to conceal an open source information stealer malware called TurkoRat. The packages – named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent – were collectively downloaded approximately 1,200 times and were availabl...

CVE-2023-26750

SQL injection vulnerability found in Yii Framework Yii 2 Framework before v.2.0.47 allows the a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the runAction function. NOTE: the software maintainer's position is that the vulnerability is in third-party code, not in the framework...

CVE-2023-26750

SQL injection vulnerability found in Yii Framework Yii 2 Framework before v.2.0.47 allows the a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the runAction function. NOTE: the software maintainer's position is that the vulnerability is in third-party code, not in the framework...

PYSEC-2022-43090

The d8s-timer for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-dates package. The affected version of d8s-htm is 0.1.0...

CVE-2022-43305

The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-algorithms package. The affected version of d8s-htm is 0.1.0...

PYSEC-2022-43028

The d8s-networking package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hashes package. The affected version is 0.1.0...

CVE-2022-42043

The d8s-xml package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-html package. The affected version is 0.1.0...

CVE-2021-44533

Node.js 12.22.9, 14.18.3, 16.13.2, and 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in...

CVE-2021-44533

Node.js 12.22.9, 14.18.3, 16.13.2, and 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44533

Node.js 12.22.9, 14.18.3, 16.13.2, and 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in...

CVE-2021-44533

Node.js 12.22.9, 14.18.3, 16.13.2, and 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in...

CVE-2021-44533

Node.js 12.22.9, 14.18.3, 16.13.2, and 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in...

WordPress Plugin Bug Lets Subscribers Wipe Sites

Researchers have discovered a homicidal WordPress plugin that allows subscribers to wipe sites clean of content. The high-severity security flaw is found in Hashthemes Demo Importer, a plugin that’s used in more than 8,000 active installations. According to security researchers at Wordfence, the...

CVE-2020-8108

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac allows an unprivileged process to restart the main service and potentially inject third-party code into a trusted process. This issue affects: Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac versions prior to 4.12.80...

CVE-2020-8108 Insufficient client validation in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac (VA-8759)

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac allows an unprivileged process to restart the main service and potentially inject third-party code into a trusted process. This issue affects: Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac versions prior to 4.12.80...

CVE-2020-0872

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Application Inspector version v1.0.23 or earlier when the tool reflects example code snippets from third-party source files into its HTML output, aka 'Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Application Inspector'...

Chris Eng: Patch Management Challenges Drive 'Security Debt'

Companies are lagging when it comes to keeping up with software security patches – causing them to fall into “security debt,” Chris Eng, chief research officer with Veracode said. Today, challenges around patch management are being worsened by applications using third-party code and open source...

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac Permission License and Access Control Issues Vulnerability

SOFTWIN BitDefender Antivirus is a suite of antivirus programs from the Romanian company SOFTWIN. A privilege permission and access control issue vulnerability exists in the AntivirusforMac binary in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to execute third-party...

CVE-2020-8093: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

A vulnerability in the AntivirusforMac binary as used in Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac allows an attacker to inject a library using DYLD environment variable to cause third-party code execution...

What happens when packages go bad?

I built spritecow.com back in 2011, and I no longer actively maintain it. A few months ago, a user berated me for using a crypto currency miner on the site without their informed consent. And sure enough, the site's JS had a small addition that loaded the mining JS, and sent the result somewhere...