Malicious Package Affecting http-proxy-middelware package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-HTTPPROXYMIDDELWARE-1070025
- published 3 Feb 2021
- disclosed 3 Feb 2021
- credit dabbler0
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the http-proxy-middelware package.
Overview
http-proxy-middelware is a malicious package.
All versions of http-proxy-middelware contain malicious code. The index.js file attempts to download a file from a remote server and execute it. The file is not run upon installation - the package needs to be required or the index.js run manually. The package contains a typo in its code which lead to it not functioning properly. Additionally, the remote file it attempted to download is currently not retrievable anymore but might have been in the past and its contents are unknown.