MAL-2025-38656

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    MAL-2025-38656

    Published: 14 Aug 2025Last Modified: 30 Oct 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in vscode.markdown-it-renderer (npm)

    Details: The package vscode.markdown-it-renderer was found to contain malicious code. Source: google-open-source-security (2822922f8dca5f68d170c921999dd1e45b4dd8b470e088d9aadbe5806cc2069b) This package installs a dependency hosted on a custom domain that runs an info stealer during installation. The info stealer focuses on stealing npm, git, and other CI/CD related tokens.

    References: https://www.koi.ai/blog/phantomraven-npm-malware-hidden-in-invisible-dependencies

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vscode.markdown-it-renderer

    Purl: pkg:npm/vscode.markdown-it-renderer

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2025-38656 | CVE-DB