Vulnerability DatabaseGHSA-vvfh-mvjv-w38q

GHSA-vvfh-mvjv-w38q
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (GHSA-vvfh-mvjv-w38q) was identified in the npm package babel-loadre, which was discovered to be a malicious package. The issue was published to the GitHub Advisory Database on September 4, 2020, and last updated on January 9, 2023. All versions of the package (>= 0.0.0) were affected, with no patched versions available (GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a Critical severity rating with a CVSS score of 9.1. The CVSS v3 base metrics indicate a Network attack vector with Low attack complexity, requiring No privileges and No user interaction. The scope is Unchanged, with High impact on both Confidentiality and Integrity, but No impact on Availability. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-506 (GitHub Advisory).

Impact

The malicious package was specifically designed to find and exfiltrate cryptocurrency wallets. Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised, with potential unauthorized access to all secrets and keys stored on the affected system (GitHub Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

It is recommended that all secrets and keys stored on affected computers should be rotated immediately from a different computer. While the package should be removed, it's important to note that removing the package may not eliminate all malicious software resulting from its installation, as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity (GitHub Advisory).

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