Protestware
Maintainer adds destructive or political payloads
categoryCloud, container and supply chain attacksseverityVery Highlabnot yet measured
Example: node-ipc
Classification
19 values: 9 reviewed, 8 imported, 2 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Software vulnerabilitiesSupply chain |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | Low |
| Maturity | Emerging |
Impact & scope
| Severity | Very High |
|---|---|
| Impact | AvailabilityConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Environment | CloudOn-premises |
| Target asset class | EndpointServerSupply chain |
Detection & response
No linked mitigations or detections yet.
Framework references
- Primary source: https://snyk.io/blog/peacenotwar-malicious-npm-node-ipc-package-vulnerability/
- cve: CVE-2022-23812 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Cloud, container and supply chain attacks' table, line 419 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (FIRST EPSS scores) — FIRST EPSS for CVE-2022-23812: epss=0.04260 percentile=0.90606 (score date 2026-09-18).