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CVE-2025-59162

color-convert: [email protected] contains malware after npm account takeover

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · September 16, 2025

Updated · October 27, 2026

Description

color-convert provides plain color conversion functions in JavaScript. On 8 September 2025, the npm publishing account for color-convert was taken over after a phishing attack. Version 3.1.1 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

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE-506 · Embedded Malicious Code