cptalertbox

GHSA-2m2g-r928-72gc

Malicious code in cptalertbox (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (88c1f10ff1d7a9b89a479bd30b9548a7adc533c677f7913c88563b08e9d28814)
Malicious packages campaign since 2021 targeting developers, steals source code and secrets

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (6335c6dc85309d9e802aa0989e277e329a7e87887f9ddba2aeb7db0ebc1772f2)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cptalertbox' @ 71.999.0 (npm) as malicious.

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

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/4012598c9b06e58935bd8883f7a0cd37c3130664/osv/malicious/npm/cptalertbox/MAL-2023-1148.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/4012598c9b06e58935bd8883f7a0cd37c3130664/osv/malicious/npm/cptalertbox/MAL-2023-1148.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/an-ongoing-open-source-attack-reveals-roots-dating-back-to-2021-4a511979fd98
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CPTALERTBOX-5876605
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m2g-r928-72gc

Compromised versions (1)

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.