Malicious Package Affecting com.github.codingandcoding:servlet-api package, versions [0,]
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUBCODINGANDCODING-1059415
- published 14 Jan 2021
- disclosed 14 Jan 2021
- credit Sonatype Security Research Team
How to fix?
Avoid using com.github.codingandcoding:servlet-api altogether.
Overview
com.github.codingandcoding:servlet-api is a malicious package.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Malicious Package.
The malicious code is present in the doGet() method of the HttpServlet.class file within the JAR. The C2 server IP address and port is masked in a base64-encoded string.