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Home/Malicious Packages/node-ipc
Supply-Chain Attack

node-ipc

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The maintainer added code ('peacenotwar') that overwrote files with a heart emoji on machines geolocated to Russia and Belarus.

Attack type
Protestware
Ecosystem
npm
Year
2022
Severity
Critical

Impact

node-ipc is a dependency of Vue CLI and others; destructive payload on a widely-used package.

What is protestware?

A maintainer intentionally added disruptive or destructive behaviour, often politically motivated.

Advisory IDs: CVE-2022-23812
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