GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/10/GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3/GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3

Published

2020-10-01T17:09:56Z

Modified

2020-10-01T17:09:44Z

Summary

Malicious code in `electorn`

Details

npm packages loadyaml and electorn were removed from the npm registry for containing malicious code. Upon installation the package runs a preinstall script that writes a public comment on GitHub containing the following information:

IP and IP-based geolocation
home directory name
local username

The malicious packages have been removed from the npm registry and the leaked content removed from GitHub.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-506"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2020-10-01T17:09:44Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}

References

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1562

Affected packages

npm / electorn

Package

Name: electorn; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/electorn

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Last Affected

10.0.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/10/GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3/GHSA-38hx-3542-8fh3.json"