jsonrecap

GHSA-wvp9-pr4x-rx6f

Malicious code in jsonrecap (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.1.8`

## Source: amazon-inspector (a7e3ea65451f642ffd038933f2ca3b5dab39d6ee6979b4783353af6250dc22e9)
The package jsonrecap 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/jsonrecap/MAL-2025-192812.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ce5aebcf135d19fafa94c24995d7ad8fac9d024d/osv/malicious/npm/jsonrecap/MAL-2025-192812.json
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONRECAP-14152271
- 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-wvp9-pr4x-rx6f

Compromised versions (1)

= 3.1.8

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