{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including yugabyte_cloud.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-48516 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-2025-48516 is a malicious package in yugabyte_cloud, published on 17 Oct 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-48516 is a malicious package: yugabyte_cloud (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-2025-48516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-48516/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-48516","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-48516/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-48516","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 yugabyte_cloud 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 yugabyte_cloud (npm)","id":"MAL-2025-48516","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":"yugabyte_cloud","purl":"pkg:npm/yugabyte_cloud","source":"MAL-2025-48516"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-10-17","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-2025-48516/"}