Malicious Package Affecting node-smsk package, versions *
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- published14 Aug 2025
- disclosed14 Aug 2025
- creditKush Pandya
Introduced: 14 Aug 2025
New Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the node-smsk package.
Overview
node-smsk is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate legitimate WhatsApp libraries, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.