Malicious Package Affecting klow package, versions *
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Exploit Maturity
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- published 21 Oct 2021
- disclosed 21 Oct 2021
- credit Sonatype Security Research Team
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the klow
package.
Overview
klow is a malicious package. These packages disguise themselves as legitimate JavaScript libraries but were caught launching cryptominers on Windows, macOS and Linux machines.
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version 3.1