Malicious Code Injection in teagood-manaki47: A Threat to npm Ecosystem
Summary
MAL-2025-167113: Malicious code in teagood-manaki47 (npm). Affected versions are not published. No fix is published. How to fix ↓
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Background
teagood-manaki47 is a package that is part of the tea.xyz token reward campaign, which has been associated with a surge of malicious packages flooding the npm registry. This package is designed to manipulate npm's ecosystem by generating and publishing derivative packages with randomized names, aimed at inflating developer reputation scores for token rewards. The malicious nature of this package poses a significant risk to developers and users relying on npm for package management.
Vulnerability Detail
The vulnerability in teagood-manaki47 originates from its design to include autopublish scripts that modify the package.json file. These modifications remove private flags, alter version numbers, and generate random package names, leading to the continuous republishing of variants that pollute the npm registry. This behavior can compromise the integrity of the npm ecosystem, making it difficult for developers to trust the packages they are using and potentially leading to security risks in applications that depend on these packages.
How To Fix
This package is malicious. Remove it and rotate any credentials it could have accessed.
npm uninstall teagood-manaki47If it arrived as a transitive dependency, remove the package that pulled it in, then reinstall.
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Workaround
As a temporary workaround, you can avoid using the teagood-manaki47 package and any other packages associated with the tea.xyz token reward campaign. Monitor your package-lock.json file for any unexpected changes or additions that may indicate the presence of malicious packages.
Conclusion
The teagood-manaki47 package poses a significant threat to the npm ecosystem due to its malicious behavior of modifying package metadata and republishing variants. It is essential for developers to be vigilant and remove any affected packages to maintain the integrity and security of their applications.
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FAQ
teagood-manaki47 is an npm package associated with a token reward campaign that has been identified as malicious due to its behavior of generating and publishing derivative packages.
The vulnerability can lead to the introduction of malicious code into your application, compromising its security and integrity by polluting the npm registry with untrustworthy packages.
If you have installed teagood-manaki47, it is crucial to uninstall it immediately using the command npm uninstall teagood-manaki47 and check your project for any other affected packages.
You can use tools like Vulert, which monitors your package-lock.json file for open-source vulnerabilities in real-time. You can check your application against known vulnerabilities using the Vulert playground without any signup.
There are no patches available for teagood-manaki47 as it is recommended to remove the package entirely to mitigate the risk.
