# MAL-2025-46974 - Malicious code in debug (npm)

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/malicious-code-in-debug-npm-bb820a69  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-09-08  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: critical · Published 2025-09-08

Malicious code in debug (npm)

Technologies: [debug (npm)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/debug). Vendors: [npm](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/npm).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Critical severity, published 8 September 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** debug (npm). The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run debug (npm). Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- debug (npm)

## Related threats

- [debug npm package supply chain compromise via account takeover](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-59144-debug-npm-package-supply-chain-compromise-via-account-takeover)
- [debug inefficient regular expression complexity](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-20165-debug-inefficient-regular-expression-complexity)
- [debug library regular expression denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-16137-debug-library-regular-expression-denial-of-service)