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Malware in screenshot-desktop

Published Nov 4, 2026 · updated Nov 4, 2026

What to do

  1. Check every lockfile and build cache for the affected versions below and remove them.
  2. Rotate any secrets (tokens, keys, cloud credentials) that were available to machines that installed them.
  3. Pin to a known-good version and reinstall from a clean lockfile.

Malicious versions

screenshot-desktop

= 1.16.0

Check your project: npm ls screenshot-desktop --all

What changed

  1. Published in the GitHub Advisory Database as critical.

Sources

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