Malicious Package Affecting a3s-code package, versions [5.2.8][5.3.3]
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- published25 Jul 2026
- disclosed21 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 21 Jul 2026
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 a3s-code package.
Overview
a3s-code 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 a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package authorship.