MAL-2025-48995

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/elemefe/MAL-2025-48995.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-48995
Aliases
  • GHSA-8q39-fjr6-f9v2
  • SNYK-JS-ELEMEFE-13764168
Published
2025-10-29T22:46:37Z
Modified
2025-12-02T10:14:37.244714Z
Summary
Malicious code in elemefe (npm)
Details

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Source: ghsa-malware (fcbb1237331b1e8b0d21101d938aba8142d3d16132e181b92f0a2d91b389e90d)

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: google-open-source-security (bce643418ca7557d0b7de22ffd4e25e255c713d8f5345b2c8b908b1afcc94285)

This package installs a dependency hosted on a custom domain that runs an info stealer during installation. The info stealer focuses on stealing npm, git, and other CI/CD related tokens.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "GHSA-8q39-fjr6-f9v2",
            "import_time": "2025-10-29T23:22:47.770850293Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-10-29T22:46:42Z",
            "sha256": "fcbb1237331b1e8b0d21101d938aba8142d3d16132e181b92f0a2d91b389e90d",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-10-30T03:28:38.704252Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-10-30T03:28:23Z",
            "sha256": "bce643418ca7557d0b7de22ffd4e25e255c713d8f5345b2c8b908b1afcc94285",
            "source": "google-open-source-security",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "RLMA-2025-05774",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T09:09:47.397791717Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-12-01T13:09:26Z",
            "sha256": "662cfc4fca3b67a11e9c45ab8fde867758d5b64bd8f5fd005542eacf216262cc",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / elemefe

Package

Name
elemefe
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Purl
pkg:npm/elemefe

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

99.*
99.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/elemefe/MAL-2025-48995.json"