{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-40803 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-2025-40803 is a malicious package in zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare, published on 14 Aug 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-40803 is a malicious package: zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare (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-2025-40803/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-40803/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-40803","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-40803/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-40803","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 zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare 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 zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare (npm)","id":"MAL-2025-40803","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":"zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare","purl":"pkg:npm/zen_4u3ri_j1fqw_flare","source":"MAL-2025-40803"}],"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-2025-40803/"}