​​Supply Chain Compromise Impacts Axios Node Package Manager​

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is releasing this alert to provide guidance in response to the software supply chain compromise of the Axios node package manager npm.1 Axios is an HTTP client for JavaScript that developers commonly use in Node.js and browser environments...

Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. "We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069," John Hultquist, chief analy...

Axios supply chain attack chops away at npm trust

Researchers found that compromised Axios versions installed a Remote Access Trojan. Axios is a promise-based HTTP Client for node.js, basically a helper tool that developers use behind the scenes to let apps talk to the internet. For example, Axios makes requests such as “get my messages from the...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that conceals a cross-platform remote access trojan by injecting a hidden dependency named plain-crypto-js. RAT Behavior The injected plain-crypto-js dependency automatically executes an obfuscated postinstall...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that conceals a cross-platform remote access trojan by injecting a hidden dependency named plain-crypto-js. RAT Behavior The injected plain-crypto-js dependency automatically executes an obfuscated postinstall...

Malicious Package

Overview plain-crypto-js 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 the author of this...

Embedded Malicious Code

Overview axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Embedded Malicious Code that conceals a cross-platform remote access trojan RAT and whose content was removed from the official package manager. A malicious actor...

Malicious code in plain-crypto-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f18d90df82216aedaaeca02607816457cfe0df4bc89bf292a4d7f3549e912d8c The package plain-crypto-js was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 4dfdc3dd18fb6fe824f34c663d26a2f7225e65a4b858a6f3ed6620a7a725c86...

MAL-2026-2306 Malicious code in plain-crypto-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector f18d90df82216aedaaeca02607816457cfe0df4bc89bf292a4d7f3549e912d8c The package plain-crypto-js was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware 4dfdc3dd18fb6fe824f34c663d26a2f7225e65a4b858a6f3ed6620a7a725c86...

Node.js Module plain-crypto-js 4.2.1 installed

The package was confirmed by Socket as malicious and should be removed from the system. The malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan RAT capable of executing arbitrary commands, exfiltrating system data, and persisting on infected machines. Note that Nessu...

Node.js Module axios 0.30.4 / 1.14.1 Supply Chain Vulnerability

The version of the axios Node.js module installed on the remote host is 0.30.4 or 1.14.1. It is, therefore, affected by a supply chain vulnerability where a supply chain attack targeting the widely used HTTP client Axios has introduced a malicious dependency into specific npm releases, including...