chegg-contentful

GHSA-xr78-48r2-g5fr

Malicious code in chegg-contentful (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.0.0`

## Source: checkmarx (0f294558304bba4da1c74169d026ebb78d4c1509bc734739942abe3860bc7390)
Malicious packages campaign since 2021 targeting developers, steals source code and secrets

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b21e5b3cb40750e7ef67dd512238447bd3dfcd1c791d87c2ea89ea2b5efc34ae)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'chegg-contentful' @ 2.0.0 (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/chegg-contentful/MAL-2023-1135.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/4012598c9b06e58935bd8883f7a0cd37c3130664/osv/malicious/npm/chegg-contentful/MAL-2023-1135.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/an-ongoing-open-source-attack-reveals-roots-dating-back-to-2021-4a511979fd98
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xr78-48r2-g5fr

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.0.0

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