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New Shai-Hulud Worm Spells Trouble For npm Users

Infosecurity Magazine
Actively Exploited

Summary

The new Shai-Hulud worm has infected numerous npm packages, significantly disrupting continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflows globally. This incident poses a serious threat to developers and organizations relying on npm for their software development processes.

Impact

Hundreds of npm packages

In the Wild

Yes

Timeline

Newly disclosed

Remediation

Users are advised to audit their npm packages for vulnerabilities and apply any available patches or updates to affected packages.