jstoauto

GHSA-rpcv-9v7j-rv8v

Malicious code in jstoauto (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 5.1.0`

## Source: amazon-inspector (4199f4ea506d7dd6896da26d3a93ff99b02fb665d1ba8752d18b904325bb649b)
The package jstoauto 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/jstoauto/MAL-2025-192815.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ce5aebcf135d19fafa94c24995d7ad8fac9d024d/osv/malicious/npm/jstoauto/MAL-2025-192815.json
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSTOAUTO-14152273
- 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-rpcv-9v7j-rv8v

Compromised versions (1)

= 5.1.0

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