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TI-2020-19699 Aliases GHSA-38vq-cjh5-vw7x

Malicious Package in nodes.js

Priority LOW 38CWE-506Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
No fix listed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-506.

Summary

All versions of `nodes.js ` contain malicious code. The package searches and installs globally thousands of packages based on keywords `node`, `react`, `react-native`, `vue`, `angular` and `babel` to fill the system's memory. ## Recommendation Remove the package from your environment and validate what packages are installed.

Why it matters now

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—nodes.js (npm)0.0.0 and later—No fix listedGHSA-38vq-cjh5-vw7x
  • nodes.js (npm) Vendor— Affected 0.0.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-38vq-cjh5-vw7x

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-38vq-cjh5-vw7x

References

Sources

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