Malicious Package Affecting eslint-config-eslint package, versions =5.0.2
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ESLINTCONFIGESLINT-72491
- published 13 Jul 2018
- disclosed 12 Jul 2018
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Do not use version 5.0.2 of eslint-config-eslint.
Overview
eslint-config-eslint is the ECMAScript scope analyzer used in ESLint.
Version 5.0.2 was identified as malicious after a possible npm account takeover. During installation, the malicious code download code from pastebin.com, then executed it. It sent the contents of the user’s .npmrc file to the attacker, which typically contains access tokens for publishing to npm.
The malicious package versions have been unpublished from npm.
CVSS Scores
version 3.1