epic-comment-rating-frontendnpm
Advisory published Updated
epic-comment-rating-frontend is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-49122) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 0.0.1-security, 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in epic-comment-rating-frontend (npm)
What this malware does
The package epic-comment-rating-frontend was found to contain malicious code.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for epic-comment-rating-frontend (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove epic-comment-rating-frontend from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If epic-comment-rating-frontend was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
Frequently asked questions
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks epic-comment-rating-frontend-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.