MAL-2023-41

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@mendeley-internal/api/MAL-2023-41.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2023-41
Aliases
  • GHSA-9cf5-3q4m-6qh3
Published
2023-07-21T22:41:34Z
Modified
2025-03-06T02:07:53Z
Summary
Malicious code in @mendeley-internal/api (npm)
Details

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Source: ghsa-malware (1bf5f20cb296d38e4859cdddfe26a5243135d149cd3f20f393a7a088c159110c)

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it was generated erroneously. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

Any 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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (9b339eb8cdf19f4e6a281230e4af939030435b6a15029ccd62a9545b127aa8d6)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@mendeley-internal/api' @ 100.0.2 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2023-07-24T03:14:37Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "sha256": "607560f994c6f7a8c72863b7058ff6c2a93a8ecb1c593a9a5e28c6f1b62334ab",
            "id": "GHSA-9cf5-3q4m-6qh3",
            "import_time": "2023-07-30T21:58:03.695627174Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "100.0.2"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2023-07-21T22:41:34.35389336Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "sha256": "9b339eb8cdf19f4e6a281230e4af939030435b6a15029ccd62a9545b127aa8d6",
            "import_time": "2023-08-10T06:17:34.771484051Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "100.0.3"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2023-07-21T22:58:15.612809779Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "sha256": "c41a095a184c4f7285dc591aa5e87e6b7a84dd3411359f632bce33d204be87d2",
            "import_time": "2023-08-10T06:17:35.259823455Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-03-05T22:22:02Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "sha256": "1bf5f20cb296d38e4859cdddfe26a5243135d149cd3f20f393a7a088c159110c",
            "id": "GHSA-9cf5-3q4m-6qh3",
            "import_time": "2025-03-06T00:34:00.424658132Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @mendeley-internal/api

Package

Name
@mendeley-internal/api
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40mendeley-internal/api

Affected ranges

Affected versions

100.*

100.0.0
100.0.1
100.0.2
100.0.3

Database specific 

{
    "cwes": [
        {
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
            "cweId": "CWE-506"
        }
    ]
}