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Malware

helio_tawa

GHSA-3wm8-545m-f5xc

Malicious code in helio_tawa (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 4.0.0`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (3969dd0c6bdf467c3fcee0073a43ac0e9db8c1719d8d6b0bee1b2ec7cddcc1ff)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'helio_tawa' @ 4.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/helio_tawa/MAL-2023-7921.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/helio_tawa/MAL-2023-7921.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wm8-545m-f5xc

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 4.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.