What is GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxj?

GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxj is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. Silently Runs Cryptocoin Miner in hooka-tools

Why does GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxj have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxj?

GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxj affects 1 product, including: npm/hooka-tools:\u003e= 0.0.0.

GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxjLowDisclosed before NVD

Silently Runs Cryptocoin Miner in hooka-tools

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 1, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Affected versions of hooka-tools were compromised and modified to silently run a cryptocoin miner in the background.

All affected versions have been unpublished from the npm registry.

Recommendation

While this module has been unpublished, some versions may exist in mirrors or caches. Do not install this module, and remove it if found.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/hooka-tools:>= 0.0.0

🔗 References (2)

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/549
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m36m-x4c5-rjxj