Seven Malicious Vite npm Packages Use Blockchain C2 to Deliver a RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of seven malicious npm packages targeting the Vite frontend tooling ecosystem as part of a software supply chain attack. The malicious package campaign, codenamed ViteVenom by Checkmarx, marks an expansion of ChainVeil , which was observed using...

Malicious code in @oliviamcdaniel12/safer-buffer (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 55129478b44191f3a4bb3308036567d5e2eb1a73084511b424917b6b5f7bf50f Package impersonates the popular safer-buffer module. On require, safer.js reads a PID from Porting-Buffer.md and, if that process is not alive, spaw...

MAL-2026-10442 Malicious code in @oliviamcdaniel12/safer-buffer (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 55129478b44191f3a4bb3308036567d5e2eb1a73084511b424917b6b5f7bf50f Package impersonates the popular safer-buffer module. On require, safer.js reads a PID from Porting-Buffer.md and, if that process is not alive, spaw...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code. This package contains malicious code and was identified as part of the PolinRider supply chain campaign, linked to North Korean threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview/Famous Chollima activity...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code. This package contains malicious code and was identified as part of the PolinRider supply chain campaign, linked to North Korean threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview/Famous Chollima activity...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code. This package contains malicious code and was identified as part of the PolinRider supply chain campaign, linked to North Korean threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview/Famous Chollima activity...

MAL-2026-6754 Malicious code in yt-api-dlp (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector d4710e1aa4fe025aaed51f4958f3b514a6cb950b40069f424c7a5d9a2f85591c Package name yt-api-dlp is a single-token insertion away from the widely-used yt-dlp package, and the tarball contains a near-verbatim copy of the...

Malicious code in yt-api-dlp (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector d4710e1aa4fe025aaed51f4958f3b514a6cb950b40069f424c7a5d9a2f85591c Package name yt-api-dlp is a single-token insertion away from the widely-used yt-dlp package, and the tarball contains a near-verbatim copy of the...

Hijacked npm and Go Packages Use VS Code Tasks to Deploy Python Infostealer

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two hijacked npm packages and a cluster of Go packages that are designed to deploy a Python-based information stealer on compromised Windows, Linux, and macOS hosts. "This attack avoids the most common npm execution paths through lifecycle scripts, perhaps...

Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the supply chain attack linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware family that has compromised a new set of npm packages, even as it has propagated to the Go ecosystem. "The latest activity includes malicious npm releas...

MAL-2026-6472 Malicious code in tailwindcss-effector (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 4780f88b1924c1d5104a4ea18803a0180e9339e5c9a9bf787f9ed4901e1729e3 src/index.js appends a heavily obfuscated async IIFE after a legitimate-looking TailwindCSS plugin. On import, the IIFE issues HTTPS requests to remo...

CVE-2026-46540

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, when LightBlockchain::rebranch adopts a fork chain whose tip is a macro block checkpoint or election, it only updates self.head but fails to update self.macrohea...

MAL-2026-5557 Malicious code in janus-ft (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8d7caaba8f20d0f04bcb79ab4046d34bea20b858ed3fc37931c76109b366835f On npm install, the package's postinstall.js script harvests installer-side secrets and ships them to a hardcoded bare-IP C2 endpoint. Specifically, ...

Malicious code in janus-ft (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 8d7caaba8f20d0f04bcb79ab4046d34bea20b858ed3fc37931c76109b366835f On npm install, the package's postinstall.js script harvests installer-side secrets and ships them to a hardcoded bare-IP C2 endpoint. Specifically, ...

CVE-2026-46543

CVE-2026-46543 (Nimiq blockchain) affects the Rust implementation

CVE-2026-46543 nimiq-blockchain: Genesis batch set request

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.5.0, a remote peer can crash any full node by sending a RequestBatchSet message containing the genesis block's hash. The handler calls getepochchunks which iterates...

CVE-2026-46543 nimiq-blockchain: Genesis batch set request

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.5.0, a remote peer can crash any full node by sending a RequestBatchSet message containing the genesis block's hash. The handler calls getepochchunks which iterates...

EUVD-2026-35882

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, iIn handledhtget, the DhtResults accumulator is only initialized when the first DHT record passes verification. If the first record fails from a malicious DHT...

CVE-2026-46540

Nimiq light-blockchain (Rust, Albatross) had a bug in LightBlockchain::rebranch() before v1.4.0: when forking to a macro-block tip (checkpoint or election), it updated only head and did not refresh macro_head, election_head, current_validators, or store the election header. This mismatch with the...

CVE-2026-46540 Nimiq light-blockchain: Light blockchain rebranch issue

Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, when LightBlockchain::rebranch adopts a fork chain whose tip is a macro block checkpoint or election, it only updates self.head but fails to update self.macrohea...