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Home/Malicious Packages/ua-parser-js
Supply-Chain Attack

ua-parser-js

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The maintainer's npm account was hijacked and malicious versions published, installing a crypto-miner and a password-stealing trojan on Windows and Linux.

Attack type
Account compromise
Ecosystem
npm
Year
2021
Severity
Critical

Impact

ua-parser-js had ~8M weekly downloads and is a transitive dependency of thousands of projects.

What is account compromise?

A legitimate package's maintainer account or pipeline was taken over and a malicious version published.

Advisory IDs: CVE-2021-41265
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