CVE-2017-16128
npm-script-demo is malware
The module npm-script-demo opened a connection to a command and control server. It has been removed from the npm 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 npm-script-demo opened a connection to a command and control server. It has been removed from the npm registry.
- Record
CVE-2017-16128- 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-506, CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The module npm-script-demo opened a connection to a command and control server. It has been removed from the npm registry.
- Record
CVE-2017-16128- Weakness
- CWE-506
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0692 No score
The module npm-script-demo opened a connection to a command and control server. It has been removed from the npm registry.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0692- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-322m-p39j-r5m2
npm-script-demo is malware
The npm-script-demo package is a piece of malware that opens a connection to a command and control server and executed the instructions it is given.
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 has 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-322m-p39j-r5m2- 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-506
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-322m-p39j-r5m2
npm-script-demo is malware
The npm-script-demo package is a piece of malware that opens a connection to a command and control server and executed the instructions it is given.
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 has 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-322m-p39j-r5m2- 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-506
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
npm-script-demonpm |
All versions | 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-2017-16128 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Npm-script-demo Project Npm-script-demo, 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.