MAL-2024-9424 Malicious code in ethers-mew (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2024-9424 is a malicious package: ethers-mew (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-2024-9424/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-9424/index.md)
- Package
- ethers-mew
- Registry
- npm
What is MAL-2024-9424?
MAL-2024-9424 is a malicious package in ethers-mew, published on 17 Oct 2024.
Official description
The package contains additional code to append a hardcoded SSH key to the user's authorized_keys file, creating a backoor, along with exfiltrating user private keys to an attack-controlled server.
What should I do about MAL-2024-9424?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.