Malicious Package Affecting minecraft-ytreceiver package, versions [0.5.0][0.4.0][0.3.0][0.2.0][0.1.0]
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Exploit Maturity
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- published26 Aug 2026
- disclosed24 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 24 Aug 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 minecraft-ytreceiver package.
Overview
minecraft-ytreceiver 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.