CRITICAL npm Malware

Malicious code in axios (npm)

MAL-2026-2307 · GHSA-fw8c-xr5c-95f9

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Description


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Source: amazon-inspector (503284900929e333b801f9f47419a2b4c21e4022d13a03fc14e4b5390767a51d)

The package axios was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (bcd851213ecf0f8dc58fe88d79b3d19a59388272b2426097de7edc4c53df5d9e)

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 may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Source: google-open-source-security (50bbf7104516d22bb93a54feaf5122939b7fe72e943ce7da13ca88cb6c70aacf)

The npm package "axios" was compromised and a malicious dependency was added
called "plain-crypto-js". The malicious code appears to install a remote
access trojan.

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