An attacker hijacked an axios maintainer's npm account to publish malicious releases that deliver a cross-platform RAT.
more details: https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/axios-compromised-on-npm-malicious-versions-drop-remote-access-trojan Most likely, a maintainer's GitHub and npm accounts are compromised as these iss...
An attacker hijacked an axios maintainer's npm account to publish malicious releases that deliver a cross-platform RAT.
Hijacked maintainer account used to publish poisoned axios releases including 1.14.1 and 0.30.4. The attacker injected a hidden dependency that drops a cross platform RAT. We are actively investigating and will update this post with a full technical analysis.
Axios 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 injected malicious plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 after npm compromise on March 31, 2026, deploying cross-platform RAT malware.
Axios compromise traced to social engineering, showing how attacks on maintainers can bypass controls and expose the broader software supply chain.
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Hijacked maintainer account used to publish poisoned axios releases including 1.14.1 and 0.30.4. The attacker injected a hidden dependency that drops a cross platform RAT. We are actively investigating and will update this post with a full technical analysis.
A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHu...