Axios NPM Package Compromised in Precision Attack
2026-04-01T02:51:41Z•0789670bafc810c2805bebc60ac6bfb4b69841d647d8725ad656dbe347d38cee
CVE-2025-53521ai-malwareaxioscheckmarxcloud-credentialscode-injectiondeeploadf5-big-ipkicslangflownation-state-activity','north-korea','iran','china','post-quantmno-click-vulnnpmopen-source-supply-chainopenclawover-privilegercestolen-credentialssupply-chainteamPCPtelegramtrivytrojanvertex-aivs-code-extension
What happened
This DarkReading roundup highlights a surge of high-risk supply-chain and AI-related threats: the Axios NPM package was briefly compromised (likely nation-state linked), Trivy and other developer tools were abused to deliver info-stealers into CI/CD, and multiple code-reuse/plug-in ecosystems (Checkmarx KICS, VS Code extensions, LiteLLM) were targeted. Critical vulnerabilities and exploitation activity were reported — notably F5 BIG-IP reclassified as an RCE (CVE-2025-53521) and a Langflow code-injection flaw rapidly under attack — alongside a high-severity alleged no-click Telegram flaw and a
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- darkreading
- Record identifier
- 0789670bafc810c2805bebc60ac6bfb4b69841d647d8725ad656dbe347d38cee
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-01T02:51:41Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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