Matteo Collina has proposed a Virtual File System (VFS) for Node.js core through the node:vfs module. The proposal includes about 19,000 lines of code and addresses common workflow challenges. While ...

A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on susceptible ...

Version 2.7 of the runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript stabilizes the Temporal API, introduces npm overrides, and significantly improves Node.js compatibility. With Deno 2.7, the team releases an ...

Sandbox escape vulnerability in vm2, used by nearly 900 NPM packages, allows attackers to bypass security protections and execute arbitrary code. A critical vulnerability has been patched in vm2, a ...

To enable building and running Node.js with the ChakraCore JavaScript engine, a V8 API shim (ChakraShim) is created on top of the ChakraCore runtime hosting API (JSRT. ChakraShim implements the most ...

An attack targeting the Node.js ecosystem was just identified — but not before it compromised 18 npm packages that account for billions of weekly downloads. In a massive attack on the JavaScript ...

A major attack on the supply chain for software packages for the widely used JavaScript runtime environment node.js was discovered on Monday. The attacker has injected obfuscated malicious code into ...

Microsoft is calling attention to an ongoing malvertising campaign that makes use of Node.js to deliver malicious payloads capable of information theft and data exfiltration. The activity, first ...

Since October 2024, Microsoft Defender Experts (DEX) has observed and helped multiple customers address campaigns leveraging Node.js to deliver malware and other payloads that ultimately lead to ...

Staying ahead of the curve is no longer a choice. It has become a necessity. As of November 2024, Node.js powers 3.9% of websites globally, according to Web Technology Surveys. That includes giants ...