GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6
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peacenotwar
Attempts to determine if the computer its running on has an IP originating from Russia or Belarus.
If it is then depending on the version of the malware either attempts to delete all files on the computer, or creates a text file on the computers desktop protesting the war in ukraine. (by RIAEvangelist)
| GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6 | peacenotwar | |
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| 13 | 33 | |
| - | 155 | |
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| - | 7.0 | |
| - | almost 2 years ago | |
| JavaScript | ||
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6
Posts with mentions or reviews of GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.
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Selecting the Right Dependencies: A Comprehensive Practical Guide
How safe is it to use? It may sound like fiction, but yes, dependencies can be dangerous. For example, an interesting feature was added to a library with 500k downloads: it tries to replace all files on the computer with ❤️ if your IP address falls within a specific range.
- Embedded Malicious Code in node-ipc
- Open Source Maintainer Sabotages Code to Wipe Russian, Belarusian Computers
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With the recent scandal over the 'node-ipc' package, is Composer also vulnerable like this? Is there any security measure in the Composer to prevent this type of attack?
Source: CVE-2022-23812
- CVE-2022-23812 - mbedded Malicious Code in node-ipc - 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 on Russian systems
- My entire PC got wiped Do not download
- NPM supply chain attack - Wipes your disk if you have a Russian/Byelorussian IP
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Ukraine Invasion Megathread #3
I have not audited the malicious code myself, so you might be right, I'm going by the CVE reports that say it does this to arbitrary files.
peacenotwar
Posts with mentions or reviews of peacenotwar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-15.
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Open Source Hacktivism, Open Source Gains Traction in the Enterprise, and More: Open Source Matters
Today, with an ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, some open source maintainers have taken it upon themselves to protest the war via changes to their code that express anti-war rhetoric via messages that display when the software is run. However, one maintainer in particular took it to the next level. Brandon Nozaki Miller, published a library on GitHub named peacenotwar that simply printed an anti-war message to the computer it was run on. This package is harmless on its own, but things got interesting when he included this package as a dependency in the node-ipc module he maintains. Users who downloaded the latest version of node-ipc to a machine in Russia would be subject to complete data destruction. Miller defended the act by claiming that this is all documented publicly and that users who don’t want this installed on their machine should lock their dependencies to older versions.
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node-ipc go brrrr
apparently an NGO working in belarus got affected
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American NGO using node-ipc lost 30k files detailing war crimes
From that reddit thread, here is the github issue the paste originated from.
https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar/issues/45
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Human Rights Organization in Ukraine was the victim of a malware attack by an "activist" targeting Russian and Belorusian IPs
the repo where this issue was posted simply created a .txt file on the user's machine, doesn't wipe anything: https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar/issues/45
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Open Source Maintainer Sabotages Code to Wipe Russian, Belarusian Computers
This headline is fucking yikes, the node package that they're talking about is fully open source and does nothing but make a text file in 3 locations. It does nothing remotely close to "wiping" computers, lmfao.
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BIG sabotage: Famous npm package (node-ipc) deletes files to protest Ukraine war
His actions destroyed over 30,000 messages & files detailing war crimes committed by Russian in Ukraine belonging an American NGO that monitors human rights infringements in eastern Europe. Cool protest, bro.
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Un paquet npm compromis par l'auteur efface les fichiers sur les ordinateurs russes et biélorusses lors de l'installation, pour protester contre l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie
Première victime collatérale
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Developers of node-ipc edited the software so that anyone with a russian or belarusian IP would get their drive scrubbed clean of data, drama ensues.
Links to drama: https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar/issues, https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/issues
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My entire PC got wiped Do not download
The package uses https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar to deliver the message.
But I don't understand why/how it would wipe the PC. Unless I missed something, the code from the package does not delete anything.
> This code serves as a non-destructive example of why controlling your node modules is important. It also serves as a non-violent protest against Russia's aggression that threatens the world right now.
Nah, the author knew it's would be controversial. The first sentence is there as an excuse.
- Node-ipc supply chain attack: peacenotwar
What are some alternatives?
When comparing GHSA-97m3-w2cp-4xx6 and peacenotwar you can also consider the following projects:
es5-ext - ECMAScript extensions (with respect to upcoming ECMAScript features)
node-ipc - A nodejs module for local and remote Inter Process Communication (IPC), Neural Networking, and able to facilitate machine learning.
Symfony - The Symfony PHP framework
vue-cli - 🛠️ webpack-based tooling for Vue.js Development
protestware-list
cargo-crev - A cryptographically verifiable code review system for the cargo (Rust) package manager.
tiny-http - Low level HTTP server library in Rust
node-ipc-goof
gitian-builder - Build packages in a secure deterministic fashion inside a VM
npm
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