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failIncident: Malware

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axios

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malicious

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Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

License: Permissive (MIT)

Published:

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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

No license compliance issues

Secrets

No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities

2 medium severity vulnerabilities

Hardening

No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering

No evidence of software tampering

Malware

3 supply chain attack artifacts

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

malware

Reported By: Community (Endor Labs)

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malware

Reported By: Community (JFrog)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Datadog Security Labs)

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malware

Reported By: Community (SafeDep)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Koi)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Socket)

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malware

Reported By: Community (GitHub Advisory)

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malware

Reported By: Community (OpenSSF)

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malware

Reported By: ReversingLabs (Researcher)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Safety)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Mend)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Wiz)

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malware

Reported By: Community (Sonatype)

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removal

Reported By: Community

malware

N/AReported By: Community (StepSecurity)

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List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Proprietary ReversingLabs malware detection algorithms have determined that the software package contains one or more malicious components. The detection was made by either a static byte signature, software component identity, or a complete file hash. This malware detection method is considered highly accurate, and can typically attribute malware to previously discovered software supply chain attacks. It is common to have multiple supply chain attack artifacts that relate to a single malware incident.

Prevalence in npm community

9 packages

found in

Top 100

9 packages

found in

Top 1k

37 packages

found in

Top 10k

19.1k packages

in community

Next steps

If the software intent does not relate to malicious behavior, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Threat researchers have manually inspected the software package and determined that it contains one or more malicious files. The detection was made by a hash-based file reputation lookup. This malware detection method is considered highly accurate, and can typically identify the malware family by name.

Prevalence in npm community

9 packages

found in

Top 100

7 packages

found in

Top 1k

26 packages

found in

Top 10k

19.19k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. One or more embedded URLs were discovered to link to raw files hosted on GitHub. Attackers often abuse popular web services to host malicious payloads. Since code-sharing services URLs are typically allowed by security solutions, using them for payload delivery increases the odds that the malicious code will reach the user. While the presence of code-sharing service locations does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. An increasing number of software supply chain attacks in the open source space leverages the GitHub service to deliver malicious payloads.

Prevalence in npm community

10 packages

found in

Top 100

53 packages

found in

Top 1k

981 packages

found in

Top 10k

194.82k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.

Problem

Applications communicate with web services by exchanging HTTP requests. During software development, externally hosted services are used by developers to debug software quality issues relating to exchanging HTTP requests. Attackers commonly abuse tools designed for HTTP request inspection to monitor network traffic and extract sensitive information from the HTTP traffic. While the presence of domains related to HTTP inspection does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Attackers might have purposely injected security testing tools in the software package to monitor the network traffic of the infected computer system. It is also possible that the software package has mistakenly included a part of its testing infrastructure during packaging.

Prevalence in npm community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

7 packages

found in

Top 1k

71 packages

found in

Top 10k

18.42k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider removing all references to flagged network locations.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.

Prevalence in npm community

21 packages

found in

Top 100

101 packages

found in

Top 1k

1553 packages

found in

Top 10k

711.5k packages

in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.

Update the component to the latest version.

If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Software components contain executable code that performs actions implemented during its development. These actions are called behaviors. In the analysis report, behaviors are presented as human-readable descriptions that best match the underlying code intent. While most behaviors are benign, some are commonly abused by malicious software with the intent to cause harm. When a software package shares behavior traits with malicious software, it may become flagged by security solutions. Any detection from security solutions can cause friction for the end-users during software deployment. While the behavior is likely intended by the developer, there is a small chance this detection is true positive, and an early indication of a software supply chain attack.

Prevalence in npm community

9 packages

found in

Top 100

29 packages

found in

Top 1k

255 packages

found in

Top 10k

95.32k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software intent does not relate to the reported behavior, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

Problem

Diligent software developers audit the source code of a component before it gets included in the software project. This audit often includes reviewing key pieces of code hosted in a public source repository. Aiming to avoid detection through spot-checks, attackers often hide malicious payloads by placing the code outside the common screen width. Depending on how the code editor used for review is configured, the malicious code might never be shown to the developer during the audit. Since many programming languages allow multiple statements to be made in the same line of code, both visible and off-screen code will be executed. While presence of code outside the common screen width does not imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. When a software package has behavior traits similar to malicious software, it may become flagged by security solutions.

Prevalence in npm community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

23 packages

found in

Top 1k

123 packages

found in

Top 10k

16.38k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information.

Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

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List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

9 packages

found in

Top 100

9 packages

found in

Top 1k

37 packages

found in

Top 10k

19.1k packages

in community

Next steps

If the software intent does not relate to malicious behavior, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

9 packages

found in

Top 100

7 packages

found in

Top 1k

26 packages

found in

Top 10k

19.19k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

Avoid using this software package.

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

10 packages

found in

Top 100

53 packages

found in

Top 1k

981 packages

found in

Top 10k

194.82k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

7 packages

found in

Top 1k

71 packages

found in

Top 10k

18.42k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider removing all references to flagged network locations.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.

Prevalence in npm community

21 packages

found in

Top 100

101 packages

found in

Top 1k

1553 packages

found in

Top 10k

711.5k packages

in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.

Update the component to the latest version.

If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

9 packages

found in

Top 100

29 packages

found in

Top 1k

255 packages

found in

Top 10k

95.32k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software intent does not relate to the reported behavior, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

23 packages

found in

Top 1k

123 packages

found in

Top 10k

16.38k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information.

Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

axios

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

IMPORTANT: This package had 2 malicious incidents in versions published within 2 years prior to the latestLatest version with malware incident detected: about 1 month agoVersion: 0.30.4

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

SQ30105Detected presence of known software supply chain attack artifacts.Causes risk: supply chain attack artifactsthreats

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

SQ30109Detected presence of malicious files through analyst-vetted file reputation.Causes risk: analyst-vetted malware foundthreats

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH17127Detected presence of files containing URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH17131Detected presence of files containing domains used for intercepting and inspecting HTTP requests.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

SQ31106Detected presence of medium severity vulnerabilities.Causes risk: medium severity vulnerabilitiesvulnerabilities

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH15103Detected presence of files with behaviors commonly used by malicious software.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH16127Detected presence of software components that have code outside of the common screen width.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

Did you know...

SQ30105Detected presence of known software supply chain attack artifacts.Causes risk: supply chain attack artifactsthreats

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

SQ30109Detected presence of malicious files through analyst-vetted file reputation.Causes risk: analyst-vetted malware foundthreats

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH17127Detected presence of files containing URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH17131Detected presence of files containing domains used for intercepting and inspecting HTTP requests.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

SQ31106Detected presence of medium severity vulnerabilities.Causes risk: medium severity vulnerabilitiesvulnerabilities

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH15103Detected presence of files with behaviors commonly used by malicious software.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps

TH16127Detected presence of software components that have code outside of the common screen width.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in npm community

Next steps