GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-r863-p739-275c Malicious Package in reuest

CRITICAL Published 2020-09-11 Modified 2021-10-01 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
reuest
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-506
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm reuest: all versions (no fix yet)

Description

All versions of `reuest` typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process was running as sudo. There is no further compromise. Recommendation Remove the package from your dependencies and always ensure package names are typed correctly upon installation.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References