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Nodesass is malware

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 1, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 5, 2023

Package

npm nodesass (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0.0.0

Patched versions

None

Description

The nodesass package is a piece of malware that steals environment variables and sends them to attacker controlled locations.

All versions have been unpublished from the npm registry.

Recommendation

As this package is malware, if you find it installed in your environment, the real security concern is determining how it got there.

If you have found this installed in your environment, you should:

  1. Delete the package
  2. Clear your npm cache
  3. Ensure it is not present in any other package.json files on your system
  4. Regenerate your registry credentials, tokens, and any other sensitive credentials that may have been present in your environment variables.

Additionally, any service which may have been exposed via credentials in your environment variables, such as a database, should be reviewed for indicators of compromise as well.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 1, 2020
Last updated Sep 5, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.168%
(54th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16080

GHSA ID

GHSA-xfmw-2vmm-579c

Source code

No known source code
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