# MAL-2025-2541: Malicious code in yellowcard-styling-config (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `yellowcard-styling-config` (npm)
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2025

## What is MAL-2025-2541?

MAL-2025-2541 is a malicious package in yellowcard-styling-config, published on 19 Mar 2025. 

### Official description

This package installs a dependency hosted on a custom domain that runs an
info stealer during installation. The info stealer focuses on stealing
npm, git, and other CI/CD related tokens.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'yellowcard-styling-config' @ 9999.1.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

## What should I do about MAL-2025-2541?

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-2025-2541 is a malicious package: yellowcard-styling-config (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-2025-2541/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-2541/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2025-2541

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-2541/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.