Malicious Package in exprss
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 2, 2020
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 9, 2023
Description
Reviewed
Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 2, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
All versions of
exprss
typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process was running as sudo. There is no further compromise.Recommendation
Remove the package from your dependencies and always ensure package names are typed correctly upon installation.
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