{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-40434 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-2025-40434 is a malicious package in yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn, published on 14 Aug 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-40434 is a malicious package: yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn (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-2025-40434/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-40434/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-40434","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-40434/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-40434","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 yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn 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 yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn (npm)","id":"MAL-2025-40434","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":"yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn","purl":"pkg:npm/yellow_4xeq2_u4gch_dawn","source":"MAL-2025-40434"}],"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-2025-40434/"}