Malicious Package Affecting micro-ed25519-hdkey package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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- published 10 Oct 2022
- disclosed 7 Oct 2022
- credit Aaron Linskens
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the micro-ed25519-hdkey package.
Overview
micro-ed25519-hdkey 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 into downloading the package which contains a malicious code.
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CVSS Scores
version 3.1