GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-vf8q-pw7h-r2x2 Malicious Package in epress

CRITICAL Published 2020-09-11 Modified 2021-09-30 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
epress
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 epress: all versions (no fix yet)

Description

Version 4.13.2 of `epress` contains malicious code . The package is malware designed to take advantage of users making a mistake when typing the name of a module to install. Upon require the package attempts to start a cryptocurrency miner using coin-hive. Recommendation Remove the package from your environment and verify whether your system is running the cryptocurrency miner.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References