LottieFiles has revealed that its npm bundle “lottie-player” was compromised as a part of a provide chain assault, prompting it to launch an up to date model of the library.
“On October thirtieth ~6:20 PM UTC – LottieFiles have been notified that our in style open supply npm bundle for the online participant @lottiefiles/lottie-player had unauthorized new variations pushed with malicious code,” the corporate mentioned in a press release on X. “This doesn’t influence our dotlottie participant and/or SaaS service.”
LottieFiles is an animation workflow platform that allows designers to create, edit, and share animations in a JSON-based animation file format known as Lottie. It is also the developer behind an npm bundle named lottie-player, which permits for embedding and enjoying Lottie animations on web sites.
In accordance with the corporate, “numerous customers utilizing the library through third-party CDNs and not using a pinned model have been robotically served the compromised model as the most recent launch.”
The malicious variations of the bundle contained code that prompted customers to attach their cryptocurrency wallets, with the probably aim of draining their funds. Customers who’re on variations 2.0.5, 2.0.6, and a pair of.0.7 are really useful to replace to 2.0.8.
“Variations 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7 have been revealed on to https://npmjs.com over the course of an hour utilizing a compromised entry token from a developer with the required privileges,” LottieFiles famous.
In addition to releasing a repair, the three rogue variations have been unpublished from the npm bundle repository. LottieFiles mentioned it has additionally activated its incident response plan and engaged an exterior incident response group to help with the investigation.