`grayavatar`

grayavatar is an npm package that one published source reports in connection with Contagious Interview activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from The Hacker News. The report is dated 2026-01-20.

npm package Contagious Interview CURATED Taken down checked 2026-10-01

OSV advisories

MAL-2025-6012 published 2025-07-20 Malicious code in grayavatar (npm)

First seen 2026-01-20 · last seen 2026-01-20

Source

Malicious npm dependency named as a fallback delivery route in the January 2026 Visual Studio Code lure chain: if the tasks.json download failed, the project installed this package or ran JavaScript that fetched the next stage. Reported by The Hacker News in its coverage of the Jamf, Red Asgard and Security Alliance research.
North Korea-Linked Hackers Target Developers via Malicious VS Code Projects — The Hacker News · published 2026-01-20 · pulled 2026-09-21

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