Node.js third-party modules · Report #333459
npm packages that overlap with core node packages
Informativestatus
highseverity
16 Jun 2018disclosed
How it was found
Hi,
I have posted here, but I wanted to make you aware of this easy social engineering trick. I do not want to claim any of these are currently malicious, but it they easily could be.
Thanks,
Marc
Impact
The attacker could do anything...use the postinstall as the user, work the same as steal data, etc.