Malicious Package Affecting chawla-init-3 package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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- published 29 Aug 2022
- disclosed 4 Aug 2022
- credit Hernán Ortiz
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the chawla-init-3 package.
Overview
chawla-init-3 is a malicious package. This is a "dependency confusion" package, which means the package name is based on existing repositories, namespaces, or components, it aims to trick users to download the package which contains a malicious code.
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CVSS Scores
version 3.1