MAL-2025-190498

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    MAL-2025-190498

    Published: 14 Nov 2025Last Modified: 24 Dec 2025Aliases: 
    GHSA-hxf9-58r2-q8f4SNYK-JS-VALIDATORNODE-13961690

    Summary: Malicious code in validator-node (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (83e37a6017e345fd411d1589cfff26c773d65d94f231505eae6ca3a90b448c4a) The package validator-node was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware (d3f7ef04f70e6978a9f771255f136d634d2907c42c7acf71a42c4c93e7e5d333) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

    References: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxf9-58r2-q8f4, https://socket.dev/blog/north-korea-contagious-interview-npm-attacks, https://npmjs.com/package/validator-node, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VALIDATORNODE-13961690

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: validator-node

    Purl: pkg:npm/validator-node

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.3.4
    MAL-2025-190498 | CVE-DB