CVE-2025-59144
debug: [email protected] contains malware after npm account takeover
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
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Published · September 16, 2025
Updated · October 27, 2026
Description
debug is a JavaScript debugging utility. On 8 September 2025, the npm publishing account for debug was taken over after a phishing attack. Version 4.4.2 was published, functionally identical to the previous patch version, but with a malware payload added attempting to redirect cryptocurrency transactions to the attacker's own addresses from within browser environments. Local environments, server environments, command line applications, etc. are not affected. If the package was used in a browser context (e.g. a direct
Statement
No Red Hat products use any compromised version of the impacted package(s). For more details see https://access.redhat.com/security/supply-chain-attacks-NPM-packages.
.NET 6.0 for RHEL-8, RHEL-9 and RHIVOS has reached its End of Life as of November 12, 2024, and is no longer supported. No fixes will be provided for this stream. For additional information about lifecycle for .NET on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, please refer to: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/net-core”
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE-506 · Embedded Malicious Code