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ucs-availability-status-chart
4.999.999
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code uses the exec function to run shell commands, which poses a significant security risk. It could potentially execute malicious code if the input to exec is manipulated. Redirecting output to /dev/null to hide execution details is suspicious.
Live on npm for 32 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
wenku8
4.0.0
by messiah
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The code snippet demonstrates a high-risk security issue by sending hardcoded credentials to an external domain and storing cookies from the response. This behavior is indicative of potential malware or a backdoor designed to exfiltrate credentials or maintain unauthorized access. The code is not obfuscated but poses a significant security risk and should be treated as malicious or highly suspicious.
win-ca
3.3.0
by ukoloff
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The script attempts to require the current directory, which is a suspicious behavior. It is recommended to review the purpose and contents of the script to determine if it poses any security risks.
calc_uu563lcq5d
1.0.0
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is highly malicious as it establishes a reverse shell connection, allowing remote command execution. It is obfuscated to hide its true intent and includes hardcoded IP and port values. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 50 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
jja4de
1.2.0
by 17b4a931
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This code poses a serious security risk and should not be used.
Live on npm for 46 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
raid-shadow-legends-hack306
1.0.2
by tiktokcoins
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code poses a significant security risk and should be reviewed. It is recommended to remove unnecessary imports, verify the contents of the data folder and the WordPress websites before proceeding, and avoid using hardcoded credentials for WordPress login.
Live on npm for 3 hours and 49 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
libx-amount
1.0.1
by newspage
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script is attempting to exfiltrate sensitive system information by sending it to a remote server. This behavior is highly suspicious and poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 1 hour and 47 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
azure-graphrbac
7.9.5
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
Possible typosquat of azure - Explanation: The package 'azure-graphrbac' is labeled as a 'security holding package', which often indicates a placeholder to prevent typosquatting. The name 'azure-graphrbac' closely resembles legitimate Azure package naming conventions, which could confuse users. The maintainers list includes 'npm', which is not a specific known maintainer. Therefore, it is likely a typosquat.
Live on npm for 4 hours and 4 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
token_supply
99.23.2
by senseiesnes
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits clearly malicious behavior, including data exfiltration to a suspicious domain and execution of a shell command for reverse shell access. The immediate process exit is likely an attempt to evade detection.
Live on npm for 14 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
commons-skin
3.0.2
by hktalent
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is obfuscated and exhibits potentially malicious behavior by gathering system information, compressing it, encoding it as base64, and then decoding it.
Live on npm for 6 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
cro-pricing
1.0.5
by kp.nurav
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is malicious and performs unauthorized data exfiltration by collecting sensitive system information and environment variables, then sending them to a remote server without user consent. This poses a serious security and privacy risk. The code is not obfuscated but clearly designed for stealth by ignoring errors.
siambomber
14
Live on PyPI
Blocked by Socket
The source code is designed for malicious purposes, specifically SMS bombing, which can be used to harass individuals or disrupt services. It interacts with multiple external services without user consent, making it a significant security risk.
fiinquant
0.10.22
Live on PyPI
Blocked by Socket
This file contains code that reverses a string, decodes it from base64, decompresses it with zlib, and then executes it via exec(). Such obfuscation is a common tactic in malicious scripts to hide their true functionality, which can include data exfiltration, system compromise, or other unauthorized activities. No specific domain or IP address references were found in the decoded payload, but the obfuscation strongly indicates malicious intent.
keycloak-theme
3.0.0
by linggdte66
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is malicious as it collects and sends sensitive system data to a remote server without user consent. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 22 hours and 44 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
metasploit-payloads
2.0.32
by OJ Reeves, Tod Beardsley, Chris Doughty, Brent Cook
Live on Rubygems
Blocked by Socket
The source code provides extensive system and network capabilities that can be used for legitimate purposes, such as system monitoring or management. However, these capabilities can also be leveraged for malicious activities, such as unauthorized data access or system manipulation. The potential for misuse warrants a moderate security risk and malware score.
curri-slack
0.4.4
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits clear signs of malicious behavior by collecting and transmitting sensitive system and project data to external servers without user consent. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 10 hours and 9 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
cschandragirisample
1.0.3
by chandragiri
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script is highly suspicious and poses a significant security risk. It downloads and executes a shell script from a remote server, which could potentially contain malicious code.
Live on npm for 18 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
mattermost-cloudnative-bootstrapper
1.0.0
by dextester12345
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This package contains a preinstall script that collects system information including hostname, current user, network configuration, present working directory, and user ID, and sends it to a remote server at hufvv38vfpqastngywc98a27cyiu6oud[.]oastify[.]com without user consent.
Live on npm for 80 days, 17 hours and 27 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
escape-htlm
1.1.6
by xwlazssz
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The source code contains serious malicious activities, including encrypting files and communicating with external servers to fetch encryption keys and ransom notes. This behavior is indicative of ransomware and poses a high security risk.
Live on npm for 2 hours and 35 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
dpsdatahub
1.0.5
by iverimeparishvili
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The code implements a hidden keylogger that captures and exfiltrates user keystrokes and session data to remote servers without user consent. It creates an invisible iframe loading content from https://dpsiframe[.]s3[.]eu-central-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/index[.]html to obtain session identifiers, then captures all user keystrokes via keyup event listeners. After 5 seconds of keyboard inactivity, it sends the accumulated keystrokes along with session IDs and origin data to https://zigv8je6wc[.]execute-api[.]eu-central-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/default/postSearchActivity. Session data is also transmitted to https://zigv8je6wc[.]execute-api[.]eu-central-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/default/postDpsSession. The code uses 'no-cors' mode in fetch requests to prevent response visibility and employs silent error handling to evade detection. This represents a serious privacy breach and data theft operation.
shelllib
0.1.4
by shell-lib
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script downloads a script from a remote source, makes it executable, and then executes it. This behavior is highly suspicious and poses a significant security risk as the remote script could contain malicious code.
Live on npm for 3 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
azure-graphrbac
2.19.1000
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is clearly designed to exfiltrate sensitive system and user information to external domains. This behavior is indicative of malicious intent and poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 49 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
hub-rss-widget
99.10.10
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code engages in potentially malicious behavior by collecting sensitive system information and sending it to a remote server without clear user consent. The hard-coded domain, data obfuscation, and lack of transparency raise significant privacy and security concerns. The risk score is high due to the invasive nature of the code.
Live on npm for 23 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
github.com/west9b/weaver
v0.0.0-20220822074342-9ef165342c26
Live on Go
Blocked by Socket
This file contains code designed to exploit a known vulnerability in a web application framework by uploading a PHP web shell. The code creates an HTTP client with TLS certificate verification disabled (InsecureSkipVerify set to true) and constructs a multipart/form-data POST request that embeds a PHP payload. The payload includes decryption logic using either an XOR method or openssl_decrypt with a hardcoded key, and ultimately executes the decrypted data using eval, allowing for arbitrary PHP code execution on the server. After sending the POST request, the code verifies the presence of the uploaded shell by performing an HTTP GET request to a URL such as http://[domain]/eoffice10/server/public/iWebOffice2015/Document/ccw9b[.]php. If successful, this provides a backdoor for unauthorized control, posing a severe security threat.
hyrule-react-commons
2.0.3
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script collects information such as hostname, username, DNS servers, package details, and other data from the user's system and sends it to a remote server.
Live on npm for 28 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
ucs-availability-status-chart
4.999.999
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code uses the exec function to run shell commands, which poses a significant security risk. It could potentially execute malicious code if the input to exec is manipulated. Redirecting output to /dev/null to hide execution details is suspicious.
Live on npm for 32 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
wenku8
4.0.0
by messiah
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The code snippet demonstrates a high-risk security issue by sending hardcoded credentials to an external domain and storing cookies from the response. This behavior is indicative of potential malware or a backdoor designed to exfiltrate credentials or maintain unauthorized access. The code is not obfuscated but poses a significant security risk and should be treated as malicious or highly suspicious.
win-ca
3.3.0
by ukoloff
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The script attempts to require the current directory, which is a suspicious behavior. It is recommended to review the purpose and contents of the script to determine if it poses any security risks.
calc_uu563lcq5d
1.0.0
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is highly malicious as it establishes a reverse shell connection, allowing remote command execution. It is obfuscated to hide its true intent and includes hardcoded IP and port values. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 50 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
jja4de
1.2.0
by 17b4a931
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This code poses a serious security risk and should not be used.
Live on npm for 46 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
raid-shadow-legends-hack306
1.0.2
by tiktokcoins
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code poses a significant security risk and should be reviewed. It is recommended to remove unnecessary imports, verify the contents of the data folder and the WordPress websites before proceeding, and avoid using hardcoded credentials for WordPress login.
Live on npm for 3 hours and 49 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
libx-amount
1.0.1
by newspage
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script is attempting to exfiltrate sensitive system information by sending it to a remote server. This behavior is highly suspicious and poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 1 hour and 47 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
azure-graphrbac
7.9.5
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
Possible typosquat of azure - Explanation: The package 'azure-graphrbac' is labeled as a 'security holding package', which often indicates a placeholder to prevent typosquatting. The name 'azure-graphrbac' closely resembles legitimate Azure package naming conventions, which could confuse users. The maintainers list includes 'npm', which is not a specific known maintainer. Therefore, it is likely a typosquat.
Live on npm for 4 hours and 4 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
token_supply
99.23.2
by senseiesnes
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits clearly malicious behavior, including data exfiltration to a suspicious domain and execution of a shell command for reverse shell access. The immediate process exit is likely an attempt to evade detection.
Live on npm for 14 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
commons-skin
3.0.2
by hktalent
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is obfuscated and exhibits potentially malicious behavior by gathering system information, compressing it, encoding it as base64, and then decoding it.
Live on npm for 6 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
cro-pricing
1.0.5
by kp.nurav
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is malicious and performs unauthorized data exfiltration by collecting sensitive system information and environment variables, then sending them to a remote server without user consent. This poses a serious security and privacy risk. The code is not obfuscated but clearly designed for stealth by ignoring errors.
siambomber
14
Live on PyPI
Blocked by Socket
The source code is designed for malicious purposes, specifically SMS bombing, which can be used to harass individuals or disrupt services. It interacts with multiple external services without user consent, making it a significant security risk.
fiinquant
0.10.22
Live on PyPI
Blocked by Socket
This file contains code that reverses a string, decodes it from base64, decompresses it with zlib, and then executes it via exec(). Such obfuscation is a common tactic in malicious scripts to hide their true functionality, which can include data exfiltration, system compromise, or other unauthorized activities. No specific domain or IP address references were found in the decoded payload, but the obfuscation strongly indicates malicious intent.
keycloak-theme
3.0.0
by linggdte66
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is malicious as it collects and sends sensitive system data to a remote server without user consent. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 22 hours and 44 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
metasploit-payloads
2.0.32
by OJ Reeves, Tod Beardsley, Chris Doughty, Brent Cook
Live on Rubygems
Blocked by Socket
The source code provides extensive system and network capabilities that can be used for legitimate purposes, such as system monitoring or management. However, these capabilities can also be leveraged for malicious activities, such as unauthorized data access or system manipulation. The potential for misuse warrants a moderate security risk and malware score.
curri-slack
0.4.4
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code exhibits clear signs of malicious behavior by collecting and transmitting sensitive system and project data to external servers without user consent. This poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 10 hours and 9 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
cschandragirisample
1.0.3
by chandragiri
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script is highly suspicious and poses a significant security risk. It downloads and executes a shell script from a remote server, which could potentially contain malicious code.
Live on npm for 18 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
mattermost-cloudnative-bootstrapper
1.0.0
by dextester12345
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This package contains a preinstall script that collects system information including hostname, current user, network configuration, present working directory, and user ID, and sends it to a remote server at hufvv38vfpqastngywc98a27cyiu6oud[.]oastify[.]com without user consent.
Live on npm for 80 days, 17 hours and 27 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
escape-htlm
1.1.6
by xwlazssz
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The source code contains serious malicious activities, including encrypting files and communicating with external servers to fetch encryption keys and ransom notes. This behavior is indicative of ransomware and poses a high security risk.
Live on npm for 2 hours and 35 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
dpsdatahub
1.0.5
by iverimeparishvili
Live on npm
Blocked by Socket
The code implements a hidden keylogger that captures and exfiltrates user keystrokes and session data to remote servers without user consent. It creates an invisible iframe loading content from https://dpsiframe[.]s3[.]eu-central-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/index[.]html to obtain session identifiers, then captures all user keystrokes via keyup event listeners. After 5 seconds of keyboard inactivity, it sends the accumulated keystrokes along with session IDs and origin data to https://zigv8je6wc[.]execute-api[.]eu-central-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/default/postSearchActivity. Session data is also transmitted to https://zigv8je6wc[.]execute-api[.]eu-central-1[.]amazonaws[.]com/default/postDpsSession. The code uses 'no-cors' mode in fetch requests to prevent response visibility and employs silent error handling to evade detection. This represents a serious privacy breach and data theft operation.
shelllib
0.1.4
by shell-lib
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script downloads a script from a remote source, makes it executable, and then executes it. This behavior is highly suspicious and poses a significant security risk as the remote script could contain malicious code.
Live on npm for 3 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
azure-graphrbac
2.19.1000
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code is clearly designed to exfiltrate sensitive system and user information to external domains. This behavior is indicative of malicious intent and poses a significant security risk.
Live on npm for 49 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
hub-rss-widget
99.10.10
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
The code engages in potentially malicious behavior by collecting sensitive system information and sending it to a remote server without clear user consent. The hard-coded domain, data obfuscation, and lack of transparency raise significant privacy and security concerns. The risk score is high due to the invasive nature of the code.
Live on npm for 23 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
github.com/west9b/weaver
v0.0.0-20220822074342-9ef165342c26
Live on Go
Blocked by Socket
This file contains code designed to exploit a known vulnerability in a web application framework by uploading a PHP web shell. The code creates an HTTP client with TLS certificate verification disabled (InsecureSkipVerify set to true) and constructs a multipart/form-data POST request that embeds a PHP payload. The payload includes decryption logic using either an XOR method or openssl_decrypt with a hardcoded key, and ultimately executes the decrypted data using eval, allowing for arbitrary PHP code execution on the server. After sending the POST request, the code verifies the presence of the uploaded shell by performing an HTTP GET request to a URL such as http://[domain]/eoffice10/server/public/iWebOffice2015/Document/ccw9b[.]php. If successful, this provides a backdoor for unauthorized control, posing a severe security threat.
hyrule-react-commons
2.0.3
Removed from npm
Blocked by Socket
This script collects information such as hostname, username, DNS servers, package details, and other data from the user's system and sends it to a remote server.
Live on npm for 28 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.
Socket detects traditional vulnerabilities (CVEs) but goes beyond that to scan the actual code of dependencies for malicious behavior. It proactively detects and blocks 70+ signals of supply chain risk in open source code, for comprehensive protection.
Known malware
Possible typosquat attack
NPM Shrinkwrap
Git dependency
HTTP dependency
Suspicious Stars on GitHub
Protestware or potentially unwanted behavior
Unstable ownership
AI-detected potential malware
Obfuscated code
Critical CVE
High CVE
Medium CVE
Low CVE
Bad dependency semver
Wildcard dependency
Unpopular package
Minified code
Socket optimized override available
Deprecated
Unmaintained
Explicitly Unlicensed Item
License Policy Violation
Misc. License Issues
Non-permissive License
Ambiguous License Classifier
Copyleft License
Unidentified License
No License Found
License exception
Socket detects and blocks malicious dependencies, often within just minutes of them being published to public registries, making it the most effective tool for blocking zero-day supply chain attacks.
Socket is built by a team of prolific open source maintainers whose software is downloaded over 1 billion times per month. We understand how to build tools that developers love. But don’t take our word for it.
Nat Friedman
CEO at GitHub
Suz Hinton
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
heck yes this is awesome!!! Congrats team 🎉👏
Matteo Collina
Node.js maintainer, Fastify lead maintainer
So awesome to see @SocketSecurity launch with a fresh approach! Excited to have supported the team from the early days.
DC Posch
Director of Technology at AppFolio, CTO at Dynasty
This is going to be super important, especially for crypto projects where a compromised dependency results in stolen user assets.
Luis Naranjo
Software Engineer at Microsoft
If software supply chain attacks through npm don't scare the shit out of you, you're not paying close enough attention.
@SocketSecurity sounds like an awesome product. I'll be using socket.dev instead of npmjs.org to browse npm packages going forward
Elena Nadolinski
Founder and CEO at Iron Fish
Huge congrats to @SocketSecurity! 🙌
Literally the only product that proactively detects signs of JS compromised packages.
Joe Previte
Engineering Team Lead at Coder
Congrats to @feross and the @SocketSecurity team on their seed funding! 🚀 It's been a big help for us at @CoderHQ and we appreciate what y'all are doing!
Josh Goldberg
Staff Developer at Codecademy
This is such a great idea & looks fantastic, congrats & good luck @feross + team!
The best security teams in the world use Socket to get visibility into supply chain risk, and to build a security feedback loop into the development process.
Scott Roberts
CISO at UiPath
As a happy Socket customer, I've been impressed with how quickly they are adding value to the product, this move is a great step!
Yan Zhu
Head of Security at Brave, DEFCON, EFF, W3C
glad to hear some of the smartest people i know are working on (npm, etc.) supply chain security finally :). @SocketSecurity
Andrew Peterson
CEO and Co-Founder at Signal Sciences (acq. Fastly)
How do you track the validity of open source software libraries as they get updated? You're prob not. Check out @SocketSecurity and the updated tooling they launched.
Supply chain is a cluster in security as we all know and the tools from Socket are "duh" type tools to be implementing. Check them out and follow Feross Aboukhadijeh to see more updates coming from them in the future.
Zbyszek Tenerowicz
Senior Security Engineer at ConsenSys
socket.dev is getting more appealing by the hour
Devdatta Akhawe
Head of Security at Figma
The @SocketSecurity team is on fire! Amazing progress and I am exciting to see where they go next.
Sebastian Bensusan
Engineer Manager at Stripe
I find it surprising that we don't have _more_ supply chain attacks in software:
Imagine your airplane (the code running) was assembled (deployed) daily, with parts (dependencies) from internet strangers. How long until you get a bad part?
Excited for Socket to prevent this
Adam Baldwin
VP of Security at npm, Red Team at Auth0/Okta
Congrats to everyone at @SocketSecurity ❤️🤘🏻
Nico Waisman
CISO at Lyft
This is an area that I have personally been very focused on. As Nat Friedman said in the 2019 GitHub Universe keynote, Open Source won, and every time you add a new open source project you rely on someone else code and you rely on the people that build it.
This is both exciting and problematic. You are bringing real risk into your organization, and I'm excited to see progress in the industry from OpenSSF scorecards and package analyzers to the company that Feross Aboukhadijeh is building!
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Hijacked cryptocurrency library adds malware
Widely-used library in cryptocurrency frontend was compromised to include wallet-draining code, following the hijacking of NPM account credentials via phishing.
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Maintainer intentionally adds malware
Rogue maintainer sabotages his own open source package with 100M downloads/month, notably breaking Amazon's AWS SDK.
Nov 15, 2021
npm discovers a platform vulnerability allowing unauthorized publishing of any package
Attackers could publish new versions of any npm package without authorization for multiple years.
Oct 22, 2021
Hijacked package adds cryptominers and password-stealing malware
Multiple packages with 30M downloads/month are hijacked and publish malicious versions directly into the software supply chain.
Nov 26, 2018
Package hijacked adding organization specific backdoors
Obfuscated malware added to a dependency which targeted a single company, went undetected for over a week, and made it into their production build.
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