Critical

Malicious Package in nodes.js

  • Disclosed: 03.09.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

All versions of nodes.js contain malicious code. The package searches and installs globally thousands of packages based on keywords node, react, react-native, vue, angular and babel to fill the system's memory.

Recommendation

Remove the package from your environment and validate what packages are installed.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package nodes.js >= 0.0.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-506
Platform
npm
Package
nodes.js
Disclosed
03.09.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-38vq-cjh5-vw7x - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: nodes.js

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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