sound_deer_apricot-15

GHSA-82p5-694j-365v

Malicious code in sound_deer_apricot-15 (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.1.4`

Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form <adjective>_<animal>_<colour>-<number>, each package shipping the same autopublish.js, which runs `npm publish --access public` to publish the package again. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 2.1.4; tarball SHA-256 27600206fc32a99f42d2dc8e77a71b222ae457b0345dfec2f397d6883b49f9f4.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/sound_deer_apricot-15/MAL-2026-18617.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/sound_deer_apricot-15/MAL-2026-18617.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-82p5-694j-365v

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.1.4

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