flatmap-stream malicious package (distributed via the popular events-stream)

Disclosed: 2018-11-26 22:26:43 By danny_grander To nodejs-ecosystem
Critical
Vulnerability Details
I would like to report a case of malicious package (flat-stream) that made it's way into many other npm packages. One such popular package is `event-stream` (user dominictarr transferred the ownership of an npm module to another user because he wasn't actively maintaining it. That user then added malicious dependency to the package) See discussion here: https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116 # Module **module name:** flatmap-stream **version:** [MODULE VERSION] **npm page:** `https://www.npmjs.com/package/flatmap-stream` (removed from npm by now) ## Module Description It is not yet clear what the malicious code was doing. See discussion here: https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116#issuecomment-441737695 ## Module Stats > Replace stats below with numbers from npm’s module page: flatmap-stream is not popular, but event-stream is very popular (1,996,440 downloads per week) ## Impact RCE
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  • Report ID: 450006
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: resolved
  • Upvotes: 13
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