Embedded Malicious Code Affecting @openwebconcept/design-tokens package, versions >=1.0.1 <=1.0.3
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- published22 Apr 2026
- disclosed21 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 21 Apr 2026
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 @openwebconcept/design-tokens package.
Overview
@openwebconcept/design-tokens is a Shared design tokens for NL Design System
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that injects a credential-harvesting script that runs via postinstall on every npm install. It demonstrates TeamPCP-style CanisterWorm behaviour by re-injecting itself into every package whose token it harvested, propagating the compromise further.