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CVE-2025-59039 — Vulnerability in prebid-universal-creative — CVE...

CRITICAL

Prebid-universal-creative latest on npm briefly compromised

Published September 11, 2025Updated September 11, 2025Source: osv

Summary

### Impact Npm users of PUC 1.17.3 or PUC latest were briefly affected by crypto-related malware detailed in the blog post below. This includes the extremely popular jsdelivr hosting of this file. ### Patches We unpublished the version on npm. ### Workarounds This has already been unpublished. See Prebid.js 9 release notes for suggestions on moving off the deprecated workflow of using the PUC or pointing to a dynamic version of it. PUC users pointing to latest should transition to 1.17.2 ASAP to avoid similar attacks in the future. ### References https://www.sonatype.com/blog/npm-chalk-and-debug-packages-hit-in-software-supply-chain-attack

Advisory Timeline

  • First published September 11, 2025 (396 days ago).
  • Last revised September 11, 2025 — 0 days after initial publication.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: npm (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
prebid-universal-creative
npm
1.17.3No fix available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
—
Confidentiality
—
Integrity
—
Availability
—

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-59039?
Prebid-universal-creative latest on npm briefly compromised This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-59039?
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-m662-56rj-8fmm

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