Malicious Package Affecting protect-api package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
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Attacked
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PROTECTAPI-8180005
- published10 Oct 2024
- disclosed9 Oct 2024
Introduced: 9 Oct 2024
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 protect-api package.
Overview
protect-api is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code that is designed to delete the entire filesystem recursively and a Telegram bot that seems to be used for remote control by an attacker.