go package report

Is github.com/boltdb-go/bolt safe?

Confirmed malicious. Do not install it, and remove it where it has been installed.

Do not install this package

CRITICAL

rat_dropper. Confirmed 2025-03-19, OSV malicious-package feed (Google / OpenSSF).

// what we observed

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: google-open-source-security (9323424d3dfc7569b307842f79fb0c4bd960808214ec219f536fd5bb747422b2) This malicious Go package is a typosquat of the legitimate BoltDB package. It contains a backdoor that enables remote code execution.

mitre ttp: T1195.001

// versions and what to do

Malicious: all versions
Clean: none confirmed

Remove it from every machine and lockfile it reached. Treat any credentials, tokens and SSH keys present on those machines as exposed and rotate them. Check CI runners and container images that installed it.

OSV record

// reach

0 direct dependencies

none carry a known advisory

0 packages depend on it

an advisory here reaches each of them

Create a free accountfor every dependency path, dependent and what to upgrade

// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so go packages are not covered.

cvss

not scored

severity out of 10

epss

not scored

chance of exploitation in 30 days

xyz score

not scored

CyberXYZ composite out of 10

fig. 01 — GO-2025-3451, the advisory selected below

// 1 advisories

GO-2025-3451

UNKNOWN

This module is a malicious typosquat, attempting to take advantage of confusion with the github.com/boltdb/bolt module.

Checked 2026-10-01 at 00:02 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2025-02-05. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.