jsonauthcap

GHSA-j4vr-63rx-8xj4

Malicious code in jsonauthcap (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 7.2.7`

## Source: amazon-inspector (9dc3cf4a42e484d8f5f45422c109e11752cd6a37179357c39c8e3ce8b65e0b46)
The package jsonauthcap 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/ce5aebcf135d19fafa94c24995d7ad8fac9d024d/osv/malicious/npm/jsonauthcap/MAL-2025-192810.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ce5aebcf135d19fafa94c24995d7ad8fac9d024d/osv/malicious/npm/jsonauthcap/MAL-2025-192810.json
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONAUTHCAP-14152264
- 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-j4vr-63rx-8xj4

Compromised versions (1)

= 7.2.7

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