GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3
CRITICALGHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in portionfatty12. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Malicious Package in portionfatty12
Real-World Exposure
portionfatty12Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects npm packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
All versions of portionfatty12 are considered malicious. The package is malware designed to steal user's data. When installed it uploads the user's public SSH keys to a remote server.
Recommendation
This package is not available on the npm Registry anymore. If you happen to find this package in your environment you should consider the system it was installed on compromised and assess if further response (such as rotating all credentials found on the compromised machine) is necessary.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | portionfatty12 | ≥ 0.0.0 | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for portionfatty12. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Remediation status
No patched version of portionfatty12 has shipped for GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-p8fm-w787-x6x3 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.