CVE-2017-16127
pandora-doomsday is malware
The module pandora-doomsday infects other modules. It's since been unpublished from the registry.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The module pandora-doomsday infects other modules. It's since been unpublished from the registry.
- Record
CVE-2017-16127- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-509, CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The module pandora-doomsday infects other modules. It's since been unpublished from the registry.
- Record
CVE-2017-16127- Weakness
- CWE-509
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0716 No score
The module pandora-doomsday infects other modules. It's since been unpublished from the registry.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0716- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-428f-mh7w-6w2x
pandora-doomsday is malware
The pandora-doomsday package is a malicious package that adds itself to the package.json of other packages discovered on the victim host and attempts to publish the package.
It has been removed from the npm registry.
Recommendation
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer.
The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
- Record
GHSA-428f-mh7w-6w2x- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-509
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-428f-mh7w-6w2x
pandora-doomsday is malware
The pandora-doomsday package is a malicious package that adds itself to the package.json of other packages discovered on the victim host and attempts to publish the package.
It has been removed from the npm registry.
Recommendation
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer.
The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
- Record
GHSA-428f-mh7w-6w2x- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-509
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pandora-doomsdaynpm |
0.0.0 and later | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16127 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Pandora-doomsday Project Pandora-doomsday, published June 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.43%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.