mal-2025-192960
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-12-29 15:45
Modified
2025-12-29 16:09
Summary
Malicious code in kcheck (npm)
Details

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Source: ossf-package-analysis (acbe3cbc8265818f916b6b3b01a495c32b76836970ccb046ba1d0922da7036b2)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'kcheck' @ 7.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.


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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "kcheck"
      },
      "versions": [
        "7.0.0",
        "8.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "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": "2025-12-29T16:07:48.482546368Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-12-29T15:45:39Z",
        "sha256": "acbe3cbc8265818f916b6b3b01a495c32b76836970ccb046ba1d0922da7036b2",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "7.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "import_time": "2025-12-29T16:07:48.563851861Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-12-29T16:00:49Z",
        "sha256": "e7a00be4be3bf4e3344c38d3f3f597170f3df9c89402f2716c2867eb65b14ddf",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "8.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (acbe3cbc8265818f916b6b3b01a495c32b76836970ccb046ba1d0922da7036b2)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027kcheck\u0027 @ 7.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-192960",
  "modified": "2025-12-29T16:09:42Z",
  "published": "2025-12-29T15:45:39Z",
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in kcheck (npm)"
}


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