npm package ambar-src flagged as malware — no patched version
TL;DR — Remove ambar-src from all environments immediately; GitHub classifies all versions as malware with no safe alternative.
What happened
GitHub's Advisory Database published GHSA-qjgj-mrv7-24f7, classifying the npm package ambar-src as malware. There are no patched versions — all versions are affected.
This is part of an ongoing pattern of malicious packages on npm leveraging high version numbers and familiar-sounding names to catch developers via typosquats or automated dependency resolution.
Who is impacted
- Anyone who installed or executed
ambar-srcfrom npm. The advisory states systems with the package should be considered fully compromised.
What to do now
- Remove the package from builds, lockfiles, and internal mirrors.
- Treat affected machines as compromised: rotate credentials/secrets from a different (clean) machine.
- Invalidate and re-issue CI/CD, registry, cloud, or signing credentials that could have been accessed.
- Hunt for downstream exposure: identify projects, containers, and build jobs that pulled the dependency.
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