{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including 0vulns-dependency-confusion-poc.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-5016 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2025-5016 is a malicious package in 0vulns-dependency-confusion-poc, published on 12 Jun 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-5016 is a malicious package: 0vulns-dependency-confusion-poc (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-2025-5016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-5016/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-5016","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-5016/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-5016","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r9cf-374f-9q9v","GHSA-wwc9-c8g2-66r2"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\nThe package.json preinstall script runs `wget` against an attacker-controlled webhook.site URL, passing `$(whoami)`, `$(pwd)`, and `$(hostname)` as query parameters, executing automatically on `npm install`. This matches the npm-lifecycle-external-fetch and credential/telemetry exfiltration patterns (findings a static pattern match, a static pattern match, a static pattern match, a static pattern match, a static pattern match). the analysis confirms contextually that the script performs reconnaissance exfiltration to a non-registry collector, and config.unsafe-perm is set to ensure execution. the analysis further notes that the declared main entrypoint is missing and the tarball contains only package.json — the package exists solely to trigger the beacon, with no legitimate runtime functionality. Self-identification as a 'PoC' does not change the risk to an unintended installer (e.g., via dependency confusion).\n\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.","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 0vulns-dependency-confusion-poc (npm)","id":"MAL-2025-5016","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2025"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["1.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"0vulns-dependency-confusion-poc","purl":"pkg:npm/0vulns-dependency-confusion-poc","source":"MAL-2025-5016"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-06-12","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-2025-5016/"}