Malicious Package Affecting colors_express package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Exploit Maturity
Mature

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-COLORSEXPRESS-2807805
  • published4 May 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2022
  • creditAnkita Lamba, Ax Sharma

Introduced: 4 May 2022

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the colors_express package.

Overview

colors_express is a malicious package. This package uses "typosquatting" to bait unaware users to install it. This package contains a Discord info-stealing malware code that iterates over local storage folders of common browsers (Chrome, Opera, Brave, Yandex) and Discord-specific folders.

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