Use of software with malware

Use of software with malware

Description

One or more dependencies used in the project contains code or components suspected of being compromised by malware or malicious behavior.

Impact

- Unauthorized access and complete control of the application infrastructure. - Disruption of critical services and loss of availability. - Possible spread of malware to other applications, servers or networks, increasing the magnitude of the attack.

Recommendation

- Review the origin and integrity of affected dependencies. - Upgrade to secure versions or alternatives without known risks. - Perform security audits and code analysis for vulnerabilities. - Perform additional testing to verify that there are no compromises in the production environment.

Threat

Authenticated attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: H
  • Integrity: H
  • Availability: H

Temporal

  • Exploit code maturity: H
  • Remediation level: O
  • Report confidence: C

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
  • Score:
    • Base: 7.5
    • Temporal: 7.2
  • Severity:
    • Base: High
    • Temporal: High

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: H
  • Attack Requirements: N
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Confidentiality (VC): H
  • Integrity (VI): H
  • Availability (VA): H
  • Confidentiality (SC): N
  • Integrity (SI): N
  • Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

  • Exploit maturity: A

Result 4.0

  • Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A
  • Score:
    • CVSS-BT: 7.7
  • Severity:
    • CVSS-BT: High

Compliant code

Non compliant code

The application uses the dependency crypto-jsonwebtoken, which is known to contain malicious code.

                {
  "author": "admin@app.com",
  "dependencies": {
    "crypto-jsonwebtoken": "1.0.0"
  }
}

            

Requirements

Fixes

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