mal-2025-49317
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-11-02 19:55
Modified
2025-11-03 19:06
Summary
Malicious code in solc_0.5.3 (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (cf5a247d617b73fa5ff87742fa1c25a74b47bd06dcd2ad4069f1d9347b3edf7a)

The package solc_0.5.3 was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (80bf6b20b6e770a90eb15ccf66078c914ac42c6f8228cee257e7d430f6ac9976)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'solc_0.5.3' @ 5.0.9 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.



{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "solc_0.5.3"
      },
      "versions": [
        "5.0.9",
        "5.0.8"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "actran@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
        "https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
      ],
      "name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2025-11-02T23:34:48.238805815Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-11-02T19:55:04Z",
        "sha256": "80bf6b20b6e770a90eb15ccf66078c914ac42c6f8228cee257e7d430f6ac9976",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "5.0.9"
        ]
      },
      {
        "import_time": "2025-11-03T19:05:50.660466766Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-11-03T18:59:00Z",
        "sha256": "cf5a247d617b73fa5ff87742fa1c25a74b47bd06dcd2ad4069f1d9347b3edf7a",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
          "5.0.8",
          "5.0.9"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (cf5a247d617b73fa5ff87742fa1c25a74b47bd06dcd2ad4069f1d9347b3edf7a)\nThe package solc_0.5.3 was found to contain malicious code.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (80bf6b20b6e770a90eb15ccf66078c914ac42c6f8228cee257e7d430f6ac9976)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027solc_0.5.3\u0027 @ 5.0.9 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-49317",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T19:06:19Z",
  "published": "2025-11-02T19:55:04Z",
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Malicious code in solc_0.5.3 (npm)"
}


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