specific_sheep_violet-22

GHSA-m9wf-f42x-gw8v

Malicious code in specific_sheep_violet-22 (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.4.1`

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: 2.4.1; tarball SHA-256 3f547db278b249244788b7b77fef67286b74bf08baf45514c6d2480fa1671ce7.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/specific_sheep_violet-22/MAL-2026-18619.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/specific_sheep_violet-22/MAL-2026-18619.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9wf-f42x-gw8v

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.4.1

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