Cannot find module coa/compile.js

Question

I'm running yarn in a project created with create-react-app, but I'm getting this error:

Exit code: 1
Command: start /B node compile.js & node compile.js
Arguments: 
Directory: uber-web/node_modules/coa
Output:
/bin/sh: 1: start: not found
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:905
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'uber-web/node_modules/coa/compile.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:76:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 {

I've already uninstalled all the .lock and node_module folder, but it still doesn't work.

Answer 1

The problem is being addressed on the Github page of the coa package: https://github.com/veged/coa/issues/99

An attacker published a corrupted version of the package, do not install it especially if you are on Windows !

Answer 2

Update: NPM removed the malicious version and the latest version is 2.0.2 again. Everything should be back to normal.

As mentioned in the previous answer. It is due to a new release that is broken and malicious (confirmed).

As mentioned in https://github.com/veged/coa/issues/99:

Short-term fix 🤕 Use "[email protected]" specifically. 2.0.3. is the first update that broke things. 🤕

Additionally as @herrwitzi suggests in the comments if you use yarn you can add a resolution to your package.json

"resolutions": { "coa": "2.0.2" },

Just add above line under your dependencies in package.json.