Package manifests in the npm registry are not validated against metadata files in the package itself, leaving the door open for attackers. The npm (Node Package Manager) ecosystem of JavaScript ...
Inside these files—mainly the manifest (package.json) and index.js, there is nothing phenomenally interesting, just skeleton code. The manifest does pull in a bunch of development dependencies ...
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