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whjr-analytics

47.0.0

by vikaxh1999

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

This script runs 'index.js' in the background, which could be benign or malicious depending on the contents of 'index.js'. Without inspecting the script, the risk cannot be fully assessed.

Live on npm for 1 hour and 7 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

carbonorm/carbonphp

12.2.5

Live on composer

Blocked by Socket

The Deployment class exhibits multiple high-risk patterns: hardcoded credentials, webhook-triggered remote code updates, privileged system modifications, and network interactions that could be leveraged for data exfiltration or host compromise. While some deployment tooling is legitimate, the embedded secrets and broad privileged capabilities present meaningful supply-chain and host-security risks. Recommendation: remove all hardcoded credentials, avoid executing privileged actions from PHP in production, secure webhooks with robust authentication, isolate DNS/Apache changes behind secure pipelines, and eliminate dynamic autoload injection that could be abused. Treat as medium-to-high risk with potential for significant impact if compromised.

msg-net

1.0.0

by yanmaglinte

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

The code has a potential security risk due to the direct installation of an npm package without verifying its integrity. An attacker could potentially modify the 'listban.json' or the 'fca-kaiyo' package to execute malicious code.

Live on npm for 37 days, 11 hours and 29 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

eslint-config-sdk

101.0.2

by vibec0d3

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

This module collects sensitive environment and package metadata (including the full package.json) and attempts to POST it to an external domain while disabling TLS certificate validation. Behavior is consistent with data exfiltration/telemetry without consent and is inappropriate for a library. Even if the snippet contains minor syntax mistakes, the intent and risk are clear: treat this as malicious/spyware and do not use the package until the code is removed or fully audited and justified.

omnibus

0.0.36

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module intentionally exposes a full, unauthenticated interactive Python REPL over a Unix-domain socket. That design yields direct in-process arbitrary code execution and broad access to the host process globals and resources. It should be treated as a high security risk: avoid shipping or enabling this in production, restrict socket access with filesystem permissions, add authentication/authorization, or remove the feature. If discovered in a deployed system, treat it as a potential backdoor and investigate connections and created socket files.

mtmai

0.4.170

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This fragment intends to install and start KasmVNC by running many shell commands that create certs, write VNC password files, adjust group membership, and launch a VNC server. The primary security issues are unsafe shell interpolation (command injection risk), programmatic persistence of a possibly predictable password, execution with sudo based on unvalidated env vars, starting a VNC server exposed on 0.0.0.0 with disabled/basic auth, and multiple unsafe filesystem operations performed via shell. There is no clear evidence of obfuscated or direct exfiltration malware, but the behavior can provide an unauthorized remote access vector (backdoor-like) if used maliciously. Do not run this code without fixing shell usage, validating inputs, using secure randomly generated passwords, enforcing proper file permissions, and not disabling authentication.

meridian-web-sdk-assets

1.0.0

by zaib_5

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

This code is malicious. It performs unauthorized collection and exfiltration of sensitive system and user data to a suspicious external server. It poses a high security risk due to privacy violations and potential data theft. The code is not obfuscated but clearly designed to steal information without user consent. It should be flagged and removed from any software supply chain.

Live on npm for 42 days, 2 hours and 25 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

cryptography-ts

1.0.0

by gwen001

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

This code performs unauthorized data exfiltration of sensitive system and environment information to a suspicious remote server, constituting malicious behavior and a serious privacy violation. It should be considered malware with high security risk.

Live on npm for 3 hours and 56 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

kakakaakaaa11aa6

99.1.12

by wvnzomjjckwxssbmmg

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

The source code contains significant security risks, including a reverse shell and execution of network monitoring tools. These actions indicate potentially malicious behavior, such as unauthorized remote access and network traffic monitoring.

Live on npm for 13 hours and 5 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

systoring

0.1.8

Removed from pypi

Blocked by Socket

The code poses a potential security risk due to its capabilities to evade security software and hide files, and its potential for malicious use cannot be ruled out without more context.

Live on pypi for 1 day, 8 hours and 12 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

tx-engine

0.6.2

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

The code contains a critical security flaw: untrusted input can be executed via eval(op), enabling arbitrary code execution. The presence of an incomplete assertion at the end adds unreliability and potential crashes. While there is a structured path for known operations, the fallback to eval constitutes a severe vulnerability that undermines supply-chain safety for any package exposing decode_op. Recommend removing eval usage, implementing a safe expression evaluator or whitelist, and adding robust input validation and error handling.

email-ext

1.0.0

by fuoqj50cno

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

This file performs covert system reconnaissance and exfiltrates collected system/user information in cleartext to a hardcoded remote IP and port when the module is loaded. The immediate execution on import, use of execSync to run system probes, hardcoded network sink, and collection of identifiable user/host data indicate malicious or highly privacy-invasive behavior. Do not run or include this module in trusted environments; treat as a backdoor/data-exfiltration component.

mtmai

0.3.1328

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module is an automation/scraping worker that intentionally executes code provided by task descriptions. That design requires trusting the task source. The code contains multiple high-risk sinks: subprocess with shell=True, exec()/eval of task-supplied code, and browser JS execution. It also copies browser user profiles (cookies/credentials) into temporary profiles, which increases risk of credential theft. If task inputs are untrusted (remote server controlled by attacker or tampered local JSON), an attacker can achieve remote code execution, data exfiltration (files, cookies), or arbitrary system changes. Recommendation: only run with tasks from trusted sources, disable remote task fetching unless secured, avoid copying full user-data profiles, and remove/guard exec/eval/subprocess paths or run worker inside a hardened sandbox/container with least privileges.

service_sqlsugar

1.0.0

by Warner_G

Live on nuget

Blocked by Socket

The fragment appears to be an intentionally obfuscated loader/decryptor with numerous placeholder methods and anti-analysis patterns. While no explicit network exfiltration or user data collection is evident in this isolated fragment, the combination of hardcoded crypto material, runtime assembly/resource handling, and low-level memory manipulation primitives constitutes a notable risk for hidden payloads or backdoors. The safe stance is to treat this package as suspicious and mandate comprehensive provenance checks, deobfuscation, and dynamic behavior testing in a controlled environment before any deployment.

grablink-web-sdk

0.0.1

by reptou

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

The script is making a request to a potentially malicious domain. This behavior is highly suspicious and indicates a security risk.

Live on npm for 34 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

inputmore-executor

1.0.51

by ohnow

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The code fragment demonstrates substantial remote-management capabilities and dynamic code loading, which pose meaningful supply-chain and runtime-risk. While some parts may be legitimate admin tooling, the combination of dynamic module loading, SSH/RFC capabilities, and runtime execution paths creates a high-abuse potential. It requires strict access controls, input validation, and strong isolation before any production deployment. Recommend thorough code review, remove or sandbox dynamic loading, and ensure all remote operations are gated behind authorization checks and least-privilege execution.

tx-engine

0.5.5

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

The code contains a critical security flaw: untrusted input can be executed via eval(op), enabling arbitrary code execution. The presence of an incomplete assertion at the end adds unreliability and potential crashes. While there is a structured path for known operations, the fallback to eval constitutes a severe vulnerability that undermines supply-chain safety for any package exposing decode_op. Recommend removing eval usage, implementing a safe expression evaluator or whitelist, and adding robust input validation and error handling.

bapy

1.0.19

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This script programmatically grants passwordless sudo to multiple groups and users and disables sudo logging for them. It requires a plaintext PASSWORD to be supplied (via env or arg) and uses it to perform privileged writes to /etc/sudoers.d. While it could be used for legitimate automation, the combination of NOPASSWD:ALL and disabled logging constitutes a high-risk action that can provide persistence and stealthy privilege escalation. Inclusion in a codebase or supply chain without strict review and justification should be treated as dangerous and unacceptable for general use.

image-to-uri

1.0.1

by tiaanduplessis

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The package will execute setup_bun.js during installation. This is the main risk: the contents of that file determine whether the install is benign or malicious. Without inspecting setup_bun.js, this behavior should be treated as potentially dangerous. Recommended actions: review the contents of setup_bun.js before installing, run installation in a sandbox/CI environment if uncertain, and verify package integrity and provenance.

@oppla-ai/tours

1.0.12

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The code is a tours/onboarding SDK. Most of it is normal for such a library (DOM rendering, event handling, persisting state, configurable network calls). However, there is a clearly malicious or at least unintended artifact: an injected inline <script> in the feedback form renderer that performs a POST to a hardcoded webhook.site URL with a hardcoded payload. This constitutes an unauthorized external network call from pages that include the SDK and is a supply-chain/backdoor risk. Additionally, widespread use of dangerouslySetInnerHTML increases XSS risk if content is not properly sanitized. Recommend immediate removal or investigation of the webhook.site script, replacement with safe, configurable network behavior, and review of release history to determine when this was introduced.

magicwolf

1.2.0

Removed from pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module contains strong indicators of malicious intent: hardcoded attacker endpoints and Telegram bot token, downloader fetching and executing remote code both as a binary on Windows and as shell script on non-Windows, attempts to clear Windows Zone.Identifier ADS, and privilege-elevation attempts. Treat this code as a malicious dropper/backdoor component. Do not run it; block the referenced hosts, revoke the exposed Telegram token, and investigate systems where this code or its payloads have executed.

Live on pypi for 11 hours and 11 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

qiskit-leaky-scheduling

0.2.3

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module contains an explicit covert data-leak/steganography mechanism: it embeds bytes into the low-order bytes of double-precision RZ gate parameters and returns a modified DAG. Sources are builtins.data (or a packaged PNG file); sinks are the modified circuit nodes which can be serialized or sent to remote quantum backends. This is a stealthy supply-chain/backdoor behavior designed to exfiltrate data via seemingly-normal quantum circuits. It should be treated as malicious and not used.

pinokiod

5.0.3

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The SweetAlert2 library code is mostly benign and serves as a UI modal dialog tool. However, it contains a suspicious and potentially malicious snippet that targets Russian users on certain domains to play an unsolicited audio prank, disabling pointer events and potentially disrupting user interaction. This behavior is unexpected and should be considered a moderate security risk and potential malware. The rest of the code shows no signs of malicious intent. The provided reports were invalid and unhelpful. Users should be cautious about this version of the library due to the embedded prank behavior.

whjr-analytics

47.0.0

by vikaxh1999

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

This script runs 'index.js' in the background, which could be benign or malicious depending on the contents of 'index.js'. Without inspecting the script, the risk cannot be fully assessed.

Live on npm for 1 hour and 7 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

carbonorm/carbonphp

12.2.5

Live on composer

Blocked by Socket

The Deployment class exhibits multiple high-risk patterns: hardcoded credentials, webhook-triggered remote code updates, privileged system modifications, and network interactions that could be leveraged for data exfiltration or host compromise. While some deployment tooling is legitimate, the embedded secrets and broad privileged capabilities present meaningful supply-chain and host-security risks. Recommendation: remove all hardcoded credentials, avoid executing privileged actions from PHP in production, secure webhooks with robust authentication, isolate DNS/Apache changes behind secure pipelines, and eliminate dynamic autoload injection that could be abused. Treat as medium-to-high risk with potential for significant impact if compromised.

msg-net

1.0.0

by yanmaglinte

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

The code has a potential security risk due to the direct installation of an npm package without verifying its integrity. An attacker could potentially modify the 'listban.json' or the 'fca-kaiyo' package to execute malicious code.

Live on npm for 37 days, 11 hours and 29 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

eslint-config-sdk

101.0.2

by vibec0d3

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

This module collects sensitive environment and package metadata (including the full package.json) and attempts to POST it to an external domain while disabling TLS certificate validation. Behavior is consistent with data exfiltration/telemetry without consent and is inappropriate for a library. Even if the snippet contains minor syntax mistakes, the intent and risk are clear: treat this as malicious/spyware and do not use the package until the code is removed or fully audited and justified.

omnibus

0.0.36

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module intentionally exposes a full, unauthenticated interactive Python REPL over a Unix-domain socket. That design yields direct in-process arbitrary code execution and broad access to the host process globals and resources. It should be treated as a high security risk: avoid shipping or enabling this in production, restrict socket access with filesystem permissions, add authentication/authorization, or remove the feature. If discovered in a deployed system, treat it as a potential backdoor and investigate connections and created socket files.

mtmai

0.4.170

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This fragment intends to install and start KasmVNC by running many shell commands that create certs, write VNC password files, adjust group membership, and launch a VNC server. The primary security issues are unsafe shell interpolation (command injection risk), programmatic persistence of a possibly predictable password, execution with sudo based on unvalidated env vars, starting a VNC server exposed on 0.0.0.0 with disabled/basic auth, and multiple unsafe filesystem operations performed via shell. There is no clear evidence of obfuscated or direct exfiltration malware, but the behavior can provide an unauthorized remote access vector (backdoor-like) if used maliciously. Do not run this code without fixing shell usage, validating inputs, using secure randomly generated passwords, enforcing proper file permissions, and not disabling authentication.

meridian-web-sdk-assets

1.0.0

by zaib_5

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

This code is malicious. It performs unauthorized collection and exfiltration of sensitive system and user data to a suspicious external server. It poses a high security risk due to privacy violations and potential data theft. The code is not obfuscated but clearly designed to steal information without user consent. It should be flagged and removed from any software supply chain.

Live on npm for 42 days, 2 hours and 25 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

cryptography-ts

1.0.0

by gwen001

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

This code performs unauthorized data exfiltration of sensitive system and environment information to a suspicious remote server, constituting malicious behavior and a serious privacy violation. It should be considered malware with high security risk.

Live on npm for 3 hours and 56 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

kakakaakaaa11aa6

99.1.12

by wvnzomjjckwxssbmmg

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

The source code contains significant security risks, including a reverse shell and execution of network monitoring tools. These actions indicate potentially malicious behavior, such as unauthorized remote access and network traffic monitoring.

Live on npm for 13 hours and 5 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

systoring

0.1.8

Removed from pypi

Blocked by Socket

The code poses a potential security risk due to its capabilities to evade security software and hide files, and its potential for malicious use cannot be ruled out without more context.

Live on pypi for 1 day, 8 hours and 12 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

tx-engine

0.6.2

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

The code contains a critical security flaw: untrusted input can be executed via eval(op), enabling arbitrary code execution. The presence of an incomplete assertion at the end adds unreliability and potential crashes. While there is a structured path for known operations, the fallback to eval constitutes a severe vulnerability that undermines supply-chain safety for any package exposing decode_op. Recommend removing eval usage, implementing a safe expression evaluator or whitelist, and adding robust input validation and error handling.

email-ext

1.0.0

by fuoqj50cno

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

This file performs covert system reconnaissance and exfiltrates collected system/user information in cleartext to a hardcoded remote IP and port when the module is loaded. The immediate execution on import, use of execSync to run system probes, hardcoded network sink, and collection of identifiable user/host data indicate malicious or highly privacy-invasive behavior. Do not run or include this module in trusted environments; treat as a backdoor/data-exfiltration component.

mtmai

0.3.1328

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module is an automation/scraping worker that intentionally executes code provided by task descriptions. That design requires trusting the task source. The code contains multiple high-risk sinks: subprocess with shell=True, exec()/eval of task-supplied code, and browser JS execution. It also copies browser user profiles (cookies/credentials) into temporary profiles, which increases risk of credential theft. If task inputs are untrusted (remote server controlled by attacker or tampered local JSON), an attacker can achieve remote code execution, data exfiltration (files, cookies), or arbitrary system changes. Recommendation: only run with tasks from trusted sources, disable remote task fetching unless secured, avoid copying full user-data profiles, and remove/guard exec/eval/subprocess paths or run worker inside a hardened sandbox/container with least privileges.

service_sqlsugar

1.0.0

by Warner_G

Live on nuget

Blocked by Socket

The fragment appears to be an intentionally obfuscated loader/decryptor with numerous placeholder methods and anti-analysis patterns. While no explicit network exfiltration or user data collection is evident in this isolated fragment, the combination of hardcoded crypto material, runtime assembly/resource handling, and low-level memory manipulation primitives constitutes a notable risk for hidden payloads or backdoors. The safe stance is to treat this package as suspicious and mandate comprehensive provenance checks, deobfuscation, and dynamic behavior testing in a controlled environment before any deployment.

grablink-web-sdk

0.0.1

by reptou

Removed from npm

Blocked by Socket

The script is making a request to a potentially malicious domain. This behavior is highly suspicious and indicates a security risk.

Live on npm for 34 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

inputmore-executor

1.0.51

by ohnow

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The code fragment demonstrates substantial remote-management capabilities and dynamic code loading, which pose meaningful supply-chain and runtime-risk. While some parts may be legitimate admin tooling, the combination of dynamic module loading, SSH/RFC capabilities, and runtime execution paths creates a high-abuse potential. It requires strict access controls, input validation, and strong isolation before any production deployment. Recommend thorough code review, remove or sandbox dynamic loading, and ensure all remote operations are gated behind authorization checks and least-privilege execution.

tx-engine

0.5.5

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

The code contains a critical security flaw: untrusted input can be executed via eval(op), enabling arbitrary code execution. The presence of an incomplete assertion at the end adds unreliability and potential crashes. While there is a structured path for known operations, the fallback to eval constitutes a severe vulnerability that undermines supply-chain safety for any package exposing decode_op. Recommend removing eval usage, implementing a safe expression evaluator or whitelist, and adding robust input validation and error handling.

bapy

1.0.19

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This script programmatically grants passwordless sudo to multiple groups and users and disables sudo logging for them. It requires a plaintext PASSWORD to be supplied (via env or arg) and uses it to perform privileged writes to /etc/sudoers.d. While it could be used for legitimate automation, the combination of NOPASSWD:ALL and disabled logging constitutes a high-risk action that can provide persistence and stealthy privilege escalation. Inclusion in a codebase or supply chain without strict review and justification should be treated as dangerous and unacceptable for general use.

image-to-uri

1.0.1

by tiaanduplessis

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The package will execute setup_bun.js during installation. This is the main risk: the contents of that file determine whether the install is benign or malicious. Without inspecting setup_bun.js, this behavior should be treated as potentially dangerous. Recommended actions: review the contents of setup_bun.js before installing, run installation in a sandbox/CI environment if uncertain, and verify package integrity and provenance.

@oppla-ai/tours

1.0.12

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The code is a tours/onboarding SDK. Most of it is normal for such a library (DOM rendering, event handling, persisting state, configurable network calls). However, there is a clearly malicious or at least unintended artifact: an injected inline <script> in the feedback form renderer that performs a POST to a hardcoded webhook.site URL with a hardcoded payload. This constitutes an unauthorized external network call from pages that include the SDK and is a supply-chain/backdoor risk. Additionally, widespread use of dangerouslySetInnerHTML increases XSS risk if content is not properly sanitized. Recommend immediate removal or investigation of the webhook.site script, replacement with safe, configurable network behavior, and review of release history to determine when this was introduced.

magicwolf

1.2.0

Removed from pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module contains strong indicators of malicious intent: hardcoded attacker endpoints and Telegram bot token, downloader fetching and executing remote code both as a binary on Windows and as shell script on non-Windows, attempts to clear Windows Zone.Identifier ADS, and privilege-elevation attempts. Treat this code as a malicious dropper/backdoor component. Do not run it; block the referenced hosts, revoke the exposed Telegram token, and investigate systems where this code or its payloads have executed.

Live on pypi for 11 hours and 11 minutes before removal. Socket users were protected even while the package was live.

qiskit-leaky-scheduling

0.2.3

Live on pypi

Blocked by Socket

This module contains an explicit covert data-leak/steganography mechanism: it embeds bytes into the low-order bytes of double-precision RZ gate parameters and returns a modified DAG. Sources are builtins.data (or a packaged PNG file); sinks are the modified circuit nodes which can be serialized or sent to remote quantum backends. This is a stealthy supply-chain/backdoor behavior designed to exfiltrate data via seemingly-normal quantum circuits. It should be treated as malicious and not used.

pinokiod

5.0.3

Live on npm

Blocked by Socket

The SweetAlert2 library code is mostly benign and serves as a UI modal dialog tool. However, it contains a suspicious and potentially malicious snippet that targets Russian users on certain domains to play an unsolicited audio prank, disabling pointer events and potentially disrupting user interaction. This behavior is unexpected and should be considered a moderate security risk and potential malware. The rest of the code shows no signs of malicious intent. The provided reports were invalid and unhelpful. Users should be cautious about this version of the library due to the embedded prank behavior.

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Supply chain attacks are on the rise

Attackers have taken notice of the opportunity to attack organizations through open source dependencies. Supply chain attacks rose a whopping 700% in the past year, with over 15,000 recorded attacks.

Nov 23, 2025

Shai Hulud v2

Shai Hulud v2 campaign: preinstall script (setup_bun.js) and loader (setup_bin.js) that installs/locates Bun and executes an obfuscated bundled malicious script (bun_environment.js) with suppressed output.

Nov 05, 2025

Elves on npm

A surge of auto-generated "elf-stats" npm packages is being published every two minutes from new accounts. These packages contain simple malware variants and are being rapidly removed by npm. At least 420 unique packages have been identified, often described as being generated every two minutes, with some mentioning a capture the flag challenge or test.

Jul 04, 2025

RubyGems Automation-Tool Infostealer

Since at least March 2023, a threat actor using multiple aliases uploaded 60 malicious gems to RubyGems that masquerade as automation tools (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Telegram, WordPress, and Naver). The gems display a Korean Glimmer-DSL-LibUI login window, then exfiltrate the entered username/password and the host's MAC address via HTTP POST to threat actor-controlled infrastructure.

Mar 13, 2025

North Korea's Contagious Interview Campaign

Since late 2024, we have tracked hundreds of malicious npm packages and supporting infrastructure tied to North Korea's Contagious Interview operation, with tens of thousands of downloads targeting developers and tech job seekers. The threat actors run a factory-style playbook: recruiter lures and fake coding tests, polished GitHub templates, and typosquatted or deceptive dependencies that install or import into real projects.

Jul 23, 2024

Network Reconnaissance Campaign

A malicious npm supply chain attack that leveraged 60 packages across three disposable npm accounts to fingerprint developer workstations and CI/CD servers during installation. Each package embedded a compact postinstall script that collected hostnames, internal and external IP addresses, DNS resolvers, usernames, home and working directories, and package metadata, then exfiltrated this data as a JSON blob to a hardcoded Discord webhook.

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