MAL-2025-48518

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    MAL-2025-48518

    Published: 20 Oct 2025Last Modified: 24 Dec 2025Aliases: 
    GHSA-458p-6fw4-4v56SNYK-JS-DISTDECODER-13638648

    Summary: Malicious code in dist-decoder (npm)

    Details: Source: ghsa-malware (9d6276f9115715018347a416b17686c81064ab130b386dacfdbe52f80bf1a2d4) 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-458p-6fw4-4v56, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DISTDECODER-13638648, https://npmjs.com/package/dist-decoder, https://socket.dev/blog/north-korea-contagious-interview-npm-attacks

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dist-decoder

    Purl: pkg:npm/dist-decoder

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.3
    2.0.4
    MAL-2025-48518 | CVE-DB