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Malicious Package in shrugging-logging

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

Package

npm shrugging-logging (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of shrugging-logging contain malicious code as a postinstall 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 security@npmjs.com. 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
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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-qv78-398w-cxp7

Source code

No known source code
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