PT-2018-6105 · Npm · Mongoose

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16077

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mongose (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a malicious module named mongose that was published with the intent to hijack environment variables, stealing them and sending the information to attacker-controlled locations. All versions of this module have been unpublished from the npm registry.

Recommendations: Delete the mongose package from your environment. Clear your npm cache. Ensure mongose is not present in any other package.json files on your system. Regenerate your registry credentials, tokens, and any other sensitive credentials that may have been exposed via environment variables. Review any services that may have been exposed via credentials in your environment variables for indicators of compromise.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-506

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16077

GHSA-894F-RW44-QRW5

Affected Products

Mongoose

References · 5

• 🔥 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/516 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16077 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-894f-rw44-qrw5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-894f-rw44-qrw5 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/516 · Note