init-router

GHSA-h4mg-mc25-m3qv

Malicious code in init-router (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.0.1`

## Source: amazon-inspector (0d018c8963d1a91fc672bfe128a7699635fb3dd34a7df393119baee24d44a3d0)
The package init-router was found to contain malicious code.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/init-router/MAL-2025-192803.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/init-router/MAL-2025-192803.json
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INITROUTER-14152257
- https://socket.dev/blog/north-korea-contagious-interview-npm-attacks
- https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/north-korean-hackers-deploy-197-npm.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4mg-mc25-m3qv

Compromised versions (1)

= 2.0.1

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