Malicious Package Affecting alex_evil-test-package package, versions *
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- published29 Nov 2024
- disclosed29 Nov 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 29 Nov 2024
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the alex_evil-test-package package.
Overview
alex_evil-test-package is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.