{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including sslgem.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-33878 in the wild and no public exploit code.","exposure":"","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2025-33878 is a malicious package in sslgem, published on 14 Aug 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-33878 is a malicious package: sslgem (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-33878/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-33878/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-33878","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-33878/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-33878","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package sslgem was found to contain malicious code.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in sslgem (npm)","id":"MAL-2025-33878","indexable":false,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2025"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"nickname":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"sslgem","purl":"pkg:npm/sslgem","source":"MAL-2025-33878"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-08-14","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-33878/"}