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Malware

set-egs-backend

GHSA-whwx-38wq-2f27

Malicious code in set-egs-backend (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1-security`

## Source: amazon-inspector (bbceb6929d59ced3a4df01c1d61f7da54d4d0a85e467329fecd5f44e59d43f32)
The package set-egs-backend was found to contain malicious code.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/69aefe746e04eebf6da81a0607bae7ad381c7e4c/osv/malicious/npm/set-egs-backend/MAL-2025-49237.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/69aefe746e04eebf6da81a0607bae7ad381c7e4c/osv/malicious/npm/set-egs-backend/MAL-2025-49237.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whwx-38wq-2f27

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.0.1-security

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