# MAL-2024-7784: Malicious code in jqtools-toolbox-expose (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `jqtools-toolbox-expose` (npm)
- **Published:** 22 Jul 2024

## What is MAL-2024-7784?

MAL-2024-7784 is a malicious package in jqtools-toolbox-expose, published on 22 Jul 2024. 

### Official description

The package contains code to exfiltrate user and host information to an oastify domain.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'jqtools-toolbox-expose' @ 69.69.69 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## What should I do about MAL-2024-7784?

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-2024-7784 is a malicious package: jqtools-toolbox-expose (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-2024-7784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-7784/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2024-7784

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-7784/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.