🛡️ CVE-2025-59038 — prebid.js

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-506 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in prebid.js (npm)

Source: ghsa-malware

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Source: google-open-source-security

This package was compromised and malicious code added as part of a phishing

campaign.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must actively cooperate. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2025-59038 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • prebid.js
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 11 September 2025 and last revised on 12 September 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
www.sonatype.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-506
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-09-11
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-09-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
prebid.js — —
unknown — —

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