# MAL-2024-1199: Malicious code in bugsnagmw (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `bugsnagmw` (npm)
- **Published:** 31 Mar 2024

## What is MAL-2024-1199?

MAL-2024-1199 is a malicious package in bugsnagmw, published on 31 Mar 2024. 

### Official description

The package `bugsnagmw` (npm) version 1.0.3 contains malicious code. The code was obfuscated to avoid detection. The malicious code is designed to steal sensitive information from the user's environment and send it to a remote server. See https://stacklok.com/blog/analysis-of-an-obfuscated-code-attack-on-npms-package-registry for more details.

## What should I do about MAL-2024-1199?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2024-1199 is a malicious package: bugsnagmw (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-1199/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-1199/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2024-1199

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