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Popular Tinycolor npm Package Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Affecting 40+ Packages
Malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor on npm is part of a supply-chain attack hitting 40+ packages across maintainers
create
This package serves as a warning to developers who accidentally run npx create
instead of npm create
:
❌ You just ran npx create, which installs and run this npm package named 'create'.
You likely want npm create, the built-in npm command to install and run a package with a name like 'create-*'.
See: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/commands/npm-init
FAQs
You probably meant `npm create`, not `npx create`. ❌
The npm package create receives a total of 8,253 weekly downloads. As such, create popularity was classified as popular.
We found that create demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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