ethical-ping-example

GHSA-8v45-8jjh-995j

Malicious code in ethical-ping-example (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `>= 1.3.5`

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/71b5ccd62809b0f6e173eff59b5900130cf7fc02/osv/malicious/npm/ethical-ping-example/MAL-2025-6720.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/71b5ccd62809b0f6e173eff59b5900130cf7fc02/osv/malicious/npm/ethical-ping-example/MAL-2025-6720.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8v45-8jjh-995j

Compromised versions (1)

>= 1.3.5

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