Malicious Package Affecting branch-extension package, versions *
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- published2 Oct 2024
- disclosed2 Oct 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Oct 2024
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 branch-extension package.
Overview
branch-extension is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that collects sensitive information about the victim and sends it to the attacker's remote server. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package's authorship.