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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-1118-wfde-6yax |
| Aliases |
GHSA-g8jc-mm3c-cwhj
GMS-2020-464 |
| Summary | Malicious Package in reques All versions of `reques` typosquatted a popular package of similar name and tracked users who had installed the incorrect package. The package uploaded information to a remote server including: name of the downloaded package, name of the intended package, the Node version and whether the process was running as sudo. There is no further compromise. ## Recommendation Remove the package from your dependencies and always ensure package names are typed correctly upon installation. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 9.0 |
| Risk | 4.5 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1_qr | CRITICAL | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8jc-mm3c-cwhj |
| cvssv3.1 | 9.8 | https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/863 |
| generic_textual | CRITICAL | https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/863 |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/863 | ||
| GHSA-g8jc-mm3c-cwhj | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8jc-mm3c-cwhj |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01T12:59:48.304383+00:00 | GithubOSV Importer | Import | https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-g8jc-mm3c-cwhj/GHSA-g8jc-mm3c-cwhj.json | 38.0.0 |