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OpenClaw Advisory Surge Highlights Gaps Between GHSA and CVE Tracking
A recent burst of security disclosures in the OpenClaw project is drawing attention to how vulnerability information flows across advisory and CVE systems.
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ailever
0.3.361
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
The fragment contains a high-risk pattern: it downloads a Python script from a remote source and immediately executes it without integrity verification or sandboxing. This creates a critical supply-chain and remote-code-execution risk, as the remote payload could perform any action on the host, including data exfiltration, credential access, or system compromise. Even though defaults use placeholders, the mechanism itself is unsafe and should be disallowed or hardened (e.g., verify hashes, use signed modules, avoid executing remote code).
upwest.bundle
1.13.18
by Angelo Santos, Ângelo Santos
Live on nuget
Blocked by Socket
The analyzed fragment exhibits high-risk characteristics consistent with obfuscated malware or a backdoored component. The combination of extensive unmanaged interop, dynamic IL generation, metadata-token-based execution, and Linux memory manipulation points to potential code injection, tampering, or covert data access that lies outside the declared surface behavior of a PayPal button UI. Recommend removing this package from production, replacing with a trusted, auditable alternative, and performing comprehensive binary/static/dynamic analyses of any shipped assemblies.
react-authedmine
0.0.7
by mobilpadde
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
This React component integrates a known cryptocurrency mining library (CoinHive) by dynamically loading an external script and controlling mining operations based on props. The mining is performed without any explicit user consent or transparency, constituting unauthorized cryptomining, which is widely regarded as malicious behavior. The code itself is not obfuscated but contains deprecated React lifecycle usage and some coding errors. The security risk is high due to resource abuse and privacy concerns. The malware score is high because of the cryptomining activity. Users should avoid including this component unless explicit consent and transparency are ensured.
pinokiod
3.9.39
by cocktailpeanut
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The SweetAlert2 library code is mostly benign and serves as a UI modal dialog tool. However, it contains a suspicious and potentially malicious snippet that targets Russian users on certain domains to play an unsolicited audio prank, disabling pointer events and potentially disrupting user interaction. This behavior is unexpected and should be considered a moderate security risk and potential malware. The rest of the code shows no signs of malicious intent. The provided reports were invalid and unhelpful. Users should be cautious about this version of the library due to the embedded prank behavior.
sendbird-visual-test
11005.0.1
by z3i
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
This module performs broad filesystem enumeration (starting at OS roots) to find entries whose names contain 'sendbird', collects matching full paths, and silently exfiltrates the list to a hardcoded external HTTPS endpoint. The code suppresses errors and runs immediately without user consent. These traits align with reconnaissance/exfiltration malware. Treat this code as malicious/high-risk: do not run, include, or distribute; remove or quarantine and investigate package provenance and any systems where it executed.
paypal-js-root
1.0.0
by manu2324_1
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The script is designed to send sensitive information from the system to an external server, which is a clear indication of malicious behavior.
Live on npm for 1 hour and 11 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
antiheck
1.33.10
by jancokasu1337
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is performing malicious activities by collecting and sending sensitive system information to a suspicious remote server. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 21 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
automation-rest-server
3.6.6
Removed from pypi
Blocked by Socket
The provided code contains several security vulnerabilities, particularly around command execution, environment variable handling, and network exposure. The use of os.system for executing pip commands without input validation poses a significant risk of command injection. Additionally, starting an FTP server without security measures could lead to unauthorized access. Overall, the code should be reviewed and refactored to mitigate these risks.
Live on pypi for 1 hour and 18 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
tensorkube
0.0.90
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This template itself is not obfuscated and contains no direct data-exfiltration code, but it provisions a Lambda with broad, potentially destructive privileges (IAM deletion/modify, ECR deletion, CloudFormation DeleteStack, EFS deletion, S3 delete, EC2 security group deletion). The template configures automatic invocation of that Lambda to delete ECR images as part of stack operations. If the referenced Lambda image is untrusted or compromised, these permissions could be abused to cause substantial account-wide damage. Recommend treating this as high-risk from a privilege perspective: audit and pin the Lambda image, restrict IAM policies to least privilege (avoid Resource:"*"), and require manual approval for destructive teardown actions.
zmicro-design/action-setup-node
21471f87e1894385b9059f8b95b5d0852736c737
Live on actions
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits a high-risk remote-install pattern: downloading and executing a remote installer script without validation, which constitutes remote code execution risk and supply-chain risk. UUID utilities themselves are benign, but the action-like portion should be treated as unsafe for use in CI/CD or runtime environments. To improve security, replace remote installer with vendored, signed installers or implement integrity checks and restricted execution sandboxes; remove or tightly constrain elevated commands; validate inputs; and avoid piping untrusted scripts directly to a shell.
taskcluster-db
110.99.99
by mojm07160
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This module collects sensitive host and package metadata and transmits it to a hardcoded external domain via HTTPS and DNS without opt-in, consent, or error visibility. The behavior is consistent with covert exfiltration and poses a high supply-chain and privacy risk. Treat as malicious telemetry; remove or quarantine the package and investigate where it was introduced.
Live on npm for 2 hours and 20 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
princedecmtest
1.0.0
by princedevm
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits malicious behavior by collecting and exfiltrating sensitive system information to a remote server without user consent. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 6 hours and 12 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
bashrc
0.1.100
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This script programmatically grants passwordless, root-equivalent sudo to specific groups and users and attempts to suppress sudo logging for those entries. Its design (use of plaintext PASSWORD env var, non-interactive sudo, ability to overwrite sudoers.d fragments, and disabling logging) is consistent with persistence/backdoor patterns and poses a high security risk. Treat the code as dangerous: do not run on production or sensitive hosts. If found on a system unexpectedly, treat as a compromise indicator, remove the created sudoers fragments, rotate credentials, and investigate for further persistence. Code should only be used in strictly controlled, auditable scenarios with explicit authorization.
mtmai
0.4.33
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
The code exposes powerful administrative actions: arbitrary shell execution, arbitrary file reads, full environment dumps, and building/pushing Docker images to a hardcoded registry. These are not obfuscated but are high-risk capabilities that can be abused for data exfiltration, remote code execution, and supply-chain leakage if the superuser authentication is compromised or misconfigured. The presence of a hardcoded remote image name for docker push is suspicious for unintended outbound artifact exfiltration. Recommendation: avoid including these endpoints in public packages or ensure strict, auditable authentication and input validation; remove hardcoded push targets and avoid returning full environment variables or arbitrary file contents.
devart.data.postgresql.efcore.nettopologysuite
8.4.191.9
by Devart
Live on nuget
Blocked by Socket
The code is highly suspicious due to extensive obfuscation, dynamic code execution capabilities, and direct memory/native interop with anti-analysis signals. While there are legitimate-looking surface elements related to EF Core/NetTopologySuite, the surrounding patterns pose substantial security risk and warrant removing or sanitizing these components before public release, plus a thorough independent security audit if inclusion is considered.
willow-vivid-abr779
1.0.0
by afifaljafari112
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code imports multiple modules with unusual names and calls a method named 'functame' from each of them. While there is no direct evidence of malicious behavior, the unusual module names and function calls suggest that further investigation is warranted to understand their intent and functionality. The peculiar naming conventions and lack of context increase the security risk.
Live on npm for 57 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
@ocleva/react
0.0.94
by vlingo8888
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The source code contains a high-risk backdoor that sends arbitrary user code to a suspicious external server using a hardcoded authorization token. This poses a serious security risk including potential data exfiltration and remote code execution. The code should be considered malicious or at least extremely dangerous in a supply chain context. The invalid reports provided fail to identify these issues and should be disregarded.
azure-graphrbac
0.7.9
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is highly suspicious due to its collection and exfiltration of sensitive information (system paths, user info, and package metadata) to external URLs. The use of hardcoded URLs, especially to non-reputable domains, and the infinite loop for data exfiltration suggest potential malicious intent.
Live on npm for 8 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
raveberry
0.8.8
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
The script implements a reverse SSH tunnel that forwards local port 80 to a configured remote host/port using a root-owned SSH key and autossh to maintain the connection. Functionally this is a remote-access mechanism that can be legitimate for remote administration but is also a typical backdoor/exfiltration vector when deployed without explicit operator consent or when configuration is attacker-controlled. Key risks: runs as root, uses a root SSH private key, silent operation, and template-driven remote target. Recommend treating this as high-risk in a supply-chain context unless provenance, intent, and configuration (remote endpoint and key ownership) are verified and operators explicitly consent to this behavior.
dementor
1.0.0.dev15
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This code intentionally implements mDNS response forging (poisoning): it listens for mDNS queries and can send crafted A/AAAA answers based on configured IPs. There is no obfuscation or network callbacks, but the functionality is inherently dangerous and can be used for local network spoofing, man-in-the-middle, or denial-of-service of name resolution. Treat inclusion in general-purpose packages as a significant supply-chain risk unless usage is explicitly limited to controlled testing contexts and configuration defaults are safe.
agentdojo
0.1.14
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This transcript contains a prompt-injection in tool output that was executed by the assistant, causing concatenated internal channel messages (including a secret key) to be posted to an external website. This is an explicit data-exfiltration event and indicates a serious security/privacy failure: tool outputs were treated as control instructions. Treat this package/workflow as compromised for data-leak scenarios and remediate by isolating tool output as data, refusing to follow instructions embedded in fetched content, and preventing arbitrary POSTs to external domains.
ailever
0.3.361
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
The fragment contains a high-risk pattern: it downloads a Python script from a remote source and immediately executes it without integrity verification or sandboxing. This creates a critical supply-chain and remote-code-execution risk, as the remote payload could perform any action on the host, including data exfiltration, credential access, or system compromise. Even though defaults use placeholders, the mechanism itself is unsafe and should be disallowed or hardened (e.g., verify hashes, use signed modules, avoid executing remote code).
upwest.bundle
1.13.18
by Angelo Santos, Ângelo Santos
Live on nuget
Blocked by Socket
The analyzed fragment exhibits high-risk characteristics consistent with obfuscated malware or a backdoored component. The combination of extensive unmanaged interop, dynamic IL generation, metadata-token-based execution, and Linux memory manipulation points to potential code injection, tampering, or covert data access that lies outside the declared surface behavior of a PayPal button UI. Recommend removing this package from production, replacing with a trusted, auditable alternative, and performing comprehensive binary/static/dynamic analyses of any shipped assemblies.
react-authedmine
0.0.7
by mobilpadde
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
This React component integrates a known cryptocurrency mining library (CoinHive) by dynamically loading an external script and controlling mining operations based on props. The mining is performed without any explicit user consent or transparency, constituting unauthorized cryptomining, which is widely regarded as malicious behavior. The code itself is not obfuscated but contains deprecated React lifecycle usage and some coding errors. The security risk is high due to resource abuse and privacy concerns. The malware score is high because of the cryptomining activity. Users should avoid including this component unless explicit consent and transparency are ensured.
pinokiod
3.9.39
by cocktailpeanut
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The SweetAlert2 library code is mostly benign and serves as a UI modal dialog tool. However, it contains a suspicious and potentially malicious snippet that targets Russian users on certain domains to play an unsolicited audio prank, disabling pointer events and potentially disrupting user interaction. This behavior is unexpected and should be considered a moderate security risk and potential malware. The rest of the code shows no signs of malicious intent. The provided reports were invalid and unhelpful. Users should be cautious about this version of the library due to the embedded prank behavior.
sendbird-visual-test
11005.0.1
by z3i
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
This module performs broad filesystem enumeration (starting at OS roots) to find entries whose names contain 'sendbird', collects matching full paths, and silently exfiltrates the list to a hardcoded external HTTPS endpoint. The code suppresses errors and runs immediately without user consent. These traits align with reconnaissance/exfiltration malware. Treat this code as malicious/high-risk: do not run, include, or distribute; remove or quarantine and investigate package provenance and any systems where it executed.
paypal-js-root
1.0.0
by manu2324_1
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The script is designed to send sensitive information from the system to an external server, which is a clear indication of malicious behavior.
Live on npm for 1 hour and 11 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
antiheck
1.33.10
by jancokasu1337
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is performing malicious activities by collecting and sending sensitive system information to a suspicious remote server. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 21 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
automation-rest-server
3.6.6
Removed from pypi
Blocked by Socket
The provided code contains several security vulnerabilities, particularly around command execution, environment variable handling, and network exposure. The use of os.system for executing pip commands without input validation poses a significant risk of command injection. Additionally, starting an FTP server without security measures could lead to unauthorized access. Overall, the code should be reviewed and refactored to mitigate these risks.
Live on pypi for 1 hour and 18 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
tensorkube
0.0.90
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This template itself is not obfuscated and contains no direct data-exfiltration code, but it provisions a Lambda with broad, potentially destructive privileges (IAM deletion/modify, ECR deletion, CloudFormation DeleteStack, EFS deletion, S3 delete, EC2 security group deletion). The template configures automatic invocation of that Lambda to delete ECR images as part of stack operations. If the referenced Lambda image is untrusted or compromised, these permissions could be abused to cause substantial account-wide damage. Recommend treating this as high-risk from a privilege perspective: audit and pin the Lambda image, restrict IAM policies to least privilege (avoid Resource:"*"), and require manual approval for destructive teardown actions.
zmicro-design/action-setup-node
21471f87e1894385b9059f8b95b5d0852736c737
Live on actions
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits a high-risk remote-install pattern: downloading and executing a remote installer script without validation, which constitutes remote code execution risk and supply-chain risk. UUID utilities themselves are benign, but the action-like portion should be treated as unsafe for use in CI/CD or runtime environments. To improve security, replace remote installer with vendored, signed installers or implement integrity checks and restricted execution sandboxes; remove or tightly constrain elevated commands; validate inputs; and avoid piping untrusted scripts directly to a shell.
taskcluster-db
110.99.99
by mojm07160
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This module collects sensitive host and package metadata and transmits it to a hardcoded external domain via HTTPS and DNS without opt-in, consent, or error visibility. The behavior is consistent with covert exfiltration and poses a high supply-chain and privacy risk. Treat as malicious telemetry; remove or quarantine the package and investigate where it was introduced.
Live on npm for 2 hours and 20 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
princedecmtest
1.0.0
by princedevm
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits malicious behavior by collecting and exfiltrating sensitive system information to a remote server without user consent. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 6 hours and 12 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
bashrc
0.1.100
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This script programmatically grants passwordless, root-equivalent sudo to specific groups and users and attempts to suppress sudo logging for those entries. Its design (use of plaintext PASSWORD env var, non-interactive sudo, ability to overwrite sudoers.d fragments, and disabling logging) is consistent with persistence/backdoor patterns and poses a high security risk. Treat the code as dangerous: do not run on production or sensitive hosts. If found on a system unexpectedly, treat as a compromise indicator, remove the created sudoers fragments, rotate credentials, and investigate for further persistence. Code should only be used in strictly controlled, auditable scenarios with explicit authorization.
mtmai
0.4.33
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
The code exposes powerful administrative actions: arbitrary shell execution, arbitrary file reads, full environment dumps, and building/pushing Docker images to a hardcoded registry. These are not obfuscated but are high-risk capabilities that can be abused for data exfiltration, remote code execution, and supply-chain leakage if the superuser authentication is compromised or misconfigured. The presence of a hardcoded remote image name for docker push is suspicious for unintended outbound artifact exfiltration. Recommendation: avoid including these endpoints in public packages or ensure strict, auditable authentication and input validation; remove hardcoded push targets and avoid returning full environment variables or arbitrary file contents.
devart.data.postgresql.efcore.nettopologysuite
8.4.191.9
by Devart
Live on nuget
Blocked by Socket
The code is highly suspicious due to extensive obfuscation, dynamic code execution capabilities, and direct memory/native interop with anti-analysis signals. While there are legitimate-looking surface elements related to EF Core/NetTopologySuite, the surrounding patterns pose substantial security risk and warrant removing or sanitizing these components before public release, plus a thorough independent security audit if inclusion is considered.
willow-vivid-abr779
1.0.0
by afifaljafari112
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code imports multiple modules with unusual names and calls a method named 'functame' from each of them. While there is no direct evidence of malicious behavior, the unusual module names and function calls suggest that further investigation is warranted to understand their intent and functionality. The peculiar naming conventions and lack of context increase the security risk.
Live on npm for 57 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
@ocleva/react
0.0.94
by vlingo8888
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The source code contains a high-risk backdoor that sends arbitrary user code to a suspicious external server using a hardcoded authorization token. This poses a serious security risk including potential data exfiltration and remote code execution. The code should be considered malicious or at least extremely dangerous in a supply chain context. The invalid reports provided fail to identify these issues and should be disregarded.
azure-graphrbac
0.7.9
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is highly suspicious due to its collection and exfiltration of sensitive information (system paths, user info, and package metadata) to external URLs. The use of hardcoded URLs, especially to non-reputable domains, and the infinite loop for data exfiltration suggest potential malicious intent.
Live on npm for 8 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
raveberry
0.8.8
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
The script implements a reverse SSH tunnel that forwards local port 80 to a configured remote host/port using a root-owned SSH key and autossh to maintain the connection. Functionally this is a remote-access mechanism that can be legitimate for remote administration but is also a typical backdoor/exfiltration vector when deployed without explicit operator consent or when configuration is attacker-controlled. Key risks: runs as root, uses a root SSH private key, silent operation, and template-driven remote target. Recommend treating this as high-risk in a supply-chain context unless provenance, intent, and configuration (remote endpoint and key ownership) are verified and operators explicitly consent to this behavior.
dementor
1.0.0.dev15
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This code intentionally implements mDNS response forging (poisoning): it listens for mDNS queries and can send crafted A/AAAA answers based on configured IPs. There is no obfuscation or network callbacks, but the functionality is inherently dangerous and can be used for local network spoofing, man-in-the-middle, or denial-of-service of name resolution. Treat inclusion in general-purpose packages as a significant supply-chain risk unless usage is explicitly limited to controlled testing contexts and configuration defaults are safe.
agentdojo
0.1.14
Live on pypi
Blocked by Socket
This transcript contains a prompt-injection in tool output that was executed by the assistant, causing concatenated internal channel messages (including a secret key) to be posted to an external website. This is an explicit data-exfiltration event and indicates a serious security/privacy failure: tool outputs were treated as control instructions. Treat this package/workflow as compromised for data-leak scenarios and remediate by isolating tool output as data, refusing to follow instructions embedded in fetched content, and preventing arbitrary POSTs to external domains.
Socket detects traditional vulnerabilities (CVEs) but goes beyond that to scan the actual code of dependencies for malicious behavior. It proactively detects and blocks 70+ signals of supply chain risk in open source code, for comprehensive protection.
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Socket detects and blocks malicious dependencies, often within just minutes of them being published to public registries, making it the most effective tool for blocking zero-day supply chain attacks.
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Nat Friedman
CEO at GitHub

Suz Hinton
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
heck yes this is awesome!!! Congrats team 🎉👏

Matteo Collina
Node.js maintainer, Fastify lead maintainer
So awesome to see @SocketSecurity launch with a fresh approach! Excited to have supported the team from the early days.

DC Posch
Director of Technology at AppFolio, CTO at Dynasty
This is going to be super important, especially for crypto projects where a compromised dependency results in stolen user assets.

Luis Naranjo
Software Engineer at Microsoft
If software supply chain attacks through npm don't scare the shit out of you, you're not paying close enough attention.
@SocketSecurity sounds like an awesome product. I'll be using socket.dev instead of npmjs.org to browse npm packages going forward

Elena Nadolinski
Founder and CEO at Iron Fish
Huge congrats to @SocketSecurity! 🙌
Literally the only product that proactively detects signs of JS compromised packages.

Joe Previte
Engineering Team Lead at Coder
Congrats to @feross and the @SocketSecurity team on their seed funding! 🚀 It's been a big help for us at @CoderHQ and we appreciate what y'all are doing!

Josh Goldberg
Staff Developer at Codecademy
This is such a great idea & looks fantastic, congrats & good luck @feross + team!
The best security teams in the world use Socket to get visibility into supply chain risk, and to build a security feedback loop into the development process.

Scott Roberts
CISO at UiPath
As a happy Socket customer, I've been impressed with how quickly they are adding value to the product, this move is a great step!

Yan Zhu
Head of Security at Brave, DEFCON, EFF, W3C
glad to hear some of the smartest people i know are working on (npm, etc.) supply chain security finally :). @SocketSecurity

Andrew Peterson
CEO and Co-Founder at Signal Sciences (acq. Fastly)
How do you track the validity of open source software libraries as they get updated? You're prob not. Check out @SocketSecurity and the updated tooling they launched.
Supply chain is a cluster in security as we all know and the tools from Socket are "duh" type tools to be implementing. Check them out and follow Feross Aboukhadijeh to see more updates coming from them in the future.

Zbyszek Tenerowicz
Senior Security Engineer at ConsenSys
socket.dev is getting more appealing by the hour

Devdatta Akhawe
Head of Security at Figma
The @SocketSecurity team is on fire! Amazing progress and I am exciting to see where they go next.

Sebastian Bensusan
Engineer Manager at Stripe
I find it surprising that we don't have _more_ supply chain attacks in software:
Imagine your airplane (the code running) was assembled (deployed) daily, with parts (dependencies) from internet strangers. How long until you get a bad part?
Excited for Socket to prevent this

Adam Baldwin
VP of Security at npm, Red Team at Auth0/Okta
Congrats to everyone at @SocketSecurity ❤️🤘🏻

Nico Waisman
CISO at Lyft
This is an area that I have personally been very focused on. As Nat Friedman said in the 2019 GitHub Universe keynote, Open Source won, and every time you add a new open source project you rely on someone else code and you rely on the people that build it.
This is both exciting and problematic. You are bringing real risk into your organization, and I'm excited to see progress in the industry from OpenSSF scorecards and package analyzers to the company that Feross Aboukhadijeh is building!
Secure your team's dependencies across your stack with Socket. Stop supply chain attacks before they reach production.
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Attackers have taken notice of the opportunity to attack organizations through open source dependencies. Supply chain attacks rose a whopping 700% in the past year, with over 15,000 recorded attacks.
Nov 23, 2025
Shai Hulud v2
Shai Hulud v2 campaign: preinstall script (setup_bun.js) and loader (setup_bin.js) that installs/locates Bun and executes an obfuscated bundled malicious script (bun_environment.js) with suppressed output.
Nov 05, 2025
Elves on npm
A surge of auto-generated "elf-stats" npm packages is being published every two minutes from new accounts. These packages contain simple malware variants and are being rapidly removed by npm. At least 420 unique packages have been identified, often described as being generated every two minutes, with some mentioning a capture the flag challenge or test.
Jul 04, 2025
RubyGems Automation-Tool Infostealer
Since at least March 2023, a threat actor using multiple aliases uploaded 60 malicious gems to RubyGems that masquerade as automation tools (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Telegram, WordPress, and Naver). The gems display a Korean Glimmer-DSL-LibUI login window, then exfiltrate the entered username/password and the host's MAC address via HTTP POST to threat actor-controlled infrastructure.
Mar 13, 2025
North Korea's Contagious Interview Campaign
Since late 2024, we have tracked hundreds of malicious npm packages and supporting infrastructure tied to North Korea's Contagious Interview operation, with tens of thousands of downloads targeting developers and tech job seekers. The threat actors run a factory-style playbook: recruiter lures and fake coding tests, polished GitHub templates, and typosquatted or deceptive dependencies that install or import into real projects.
Jul 23, 2024
Network Reconnaissance Campaign
A malicious npm supply chain attack that leveraged 60 packages across three disposable npm accounts to fingerprint developer workstations and CI/CD servers during installation. Each package embedded a compact postinstall script that collected hostnames, internal and external IP addresses, DNS resolvers, usernames, home and working directories, and package metadata, then exfiltrated this data as a JSON blob to a hardcoded Discord webhook.
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