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  "site": "https://pwn.watch",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-22T19:10:46.198Z",
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    "label": "CrowdStrike",
    "isStack": false,
    "url": "https://pwn.watch/t/crowdstrike",
    "feed": "https://pwn.watch/t/crowdstrike/feed.xml"
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    "live": 0,
    "notFullyPatched": 0,
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    {
      "slug": "shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025",
      "title": "Shai-Hulud: first self-replicating npm worm hits 500+ packages incl. @ctrl/tinycolor and CrowdStrike",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025",
      "json": "https://pwn.watch/i/shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025.json",
      "status": "closed",
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      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "product": "npm packages (@ctrl/tinycolor, @crowdstrike/*, 500+ others)",
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        "npm",
        "node",
        "github-actions",
        "shai-hulud",
        "crowdstrike",
        "github",
        "supply-chain",
        "infostealer",
        "worm"
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      "affectedVersions": [
        "Specific malicious versions of 500+ npm packages (see Socket / CISA lists)"
      ],
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        "Malicious versions removed from npm; upgrade to versions published after the incident"
      ],
      "startedAt": "2025-09-14",
      "closedAt": "2025-09-23",
      "updatedAt": "2025-09-23",
      "summary": "A worm spread through npm by stealing maintainers' npm and GitHub tokens with TruffleHog, then republishing their packages with a malicious bundle.js postinstall. It created shai-hulud GitHub workflows to exfiltrate secrets and made private repos public. CISA counted more than 500 affected packages, including @ctrl/tinycolor and several @crowdstrike packages.",
      "xPost": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage",
      "title": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage",
      "json": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage.json",
      "status": "closed",
      "severity": "critical",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "product": "CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for Windows",
      "tags": [
        "crowdstrike",
        "windows",
        "outage",
        "edr",
        "microsoft"
      ],
      "cveIds": [],
      "affectedVersions": [
        "Falcon sensor for Windows 7.11 and above, online 04:09-05:27 UTC on 2024-07-19 (CrowdStrike)"
      ],
      "fixedVersions": [
        "Channel File 291 content reverted at 05:27 UTC; affected hosts needed manual remediation (CrowdStrike)"
      ],
      "startedAt": "2024-07-19",
      "closedAt": "2024-08-06",
      "updatedAt": "2024-08-06",
      "summary": "A faulty CrowdStrike Falcon sensor configuration update (Channel File 291) caused a logic error that blue-screened Windows hosts running sensor 7.11 and later that were online between 04:09 and 05:27 UTC on 2024-07-19. Microsoft estimated 8.5 million Windows devices were affected CrowdStrike stressed it was not a cyberattack; it is tracked here because a security agent with kernel-level access took down machines worldwide.",
      "xPost": null
    }
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      "incident": "shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025",
      "incidentTitle": "Shai-Hulud: first self-replicating npm worm hits 500+ packages incl. @ctrl/tinycolor and CrowdStrike",
      "severity": "critical",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2025-09-23",
      "title": "CISA alert: widespread supply chain compromise impacting npm (500+ packages)",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/09/23/widespread-supply-chain-compromise-impacting-npm-ecosystem",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025"
    },
    {
      "incident": "shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025",
      "incidentTitle": "Shai-Hulud: first self-replicating npm worm hits 500+ packages incl. @ctrl/tinycolor and CrowdStrike",
      "severity": "critical",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2025-09-16",
      "title": "Largest burst, nearly 100 packages, including @crowdstrike scope",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://socket.dev/blog/ongoing-supply-chain-attack-targets-crowdstrike-npm-packages",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025"
    },
    {
      "incident": "shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025",
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      "severity": "critical",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2025-09-15",
      "title": "Worm discovered; @ctrl/tinycolor and ~40 packages found compromised",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sysdig.com/blog/shai-hulud-the-novel-self-replicating-worm-infecting-hundreds-of-npm-packages",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025"
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      "incident": "shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025",
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      "severity": "critical",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2025-09-14",
      "title": "First compromised versions published (17:58 UTC)",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://socket.dev/blog/ongoing-supply-chain-attack-targets-crowdstrike-npm-packages",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/shai-hulud-npm-worm-september-2025"
    },
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      "incident": "crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage",
      "incidentTitle": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines",
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      "date": "2024-08-06",
      "title": "CrowdStrike publishes the Channel File 291 root cause analysis",
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      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage"
    },
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      "incidentTitle": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines",
      "severity": "critical",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2024-07-20",
      "title": "CrowdStrike publishes technical details; Microsoft estimates 8.5 million Windows devices affected",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/07/20/helping-our-customers-through-the-crowdstrike-outage/",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage"
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      "incidentTitle": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines",
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      "status": "closed",
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      "date": "2024-07-19",
      "title": "04:09 UTC: CrowdStrike pushes the Channel File 291 update; Windows hosts crash",
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      "title": "05:27 UTC: the faulty update is remediated",
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