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Malware

windows_registry_editor

GHSA-mmx2-rhc3-vg25

Malicious code in windows_registry_editor (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1-security`

## Source: amazon-inspector (b0bcad8f2c4bdd8438d2826d78f285454aa72dc719c9fb7d52a74928c5b999d0)
The package windows_registry_editor 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/39b578dc57cf21c2cd5ac49118f1baee7b068366/osv/malicious/npm/windows_registry_editor/MAL-2025-49244.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/39b578dc57cf21c2cd5ac49118f1baee7b068366/osv/malicious/npm/windows_registry_editor/MAL-2025-49244.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmx2-rhc3-vg25

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.0.1-security

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