articleas classification.technologies2026-10-30
articleas affected products2026-10-30It is written here as npm (malicious package react-html2pdf.js, posing as a popular library, published March 2025).
malicious package react-html2pdf.js, posing as a popular library, published March 2025
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-30
writeupas tools2026-10-30
Registry where the nine malicious versions were published (npm 10.9.2, Node 22.14.0 for burst versions)
talkas classification.technologies2026-10-29
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-26
threadas tools2026-10-26It is written here as npm (package manager used to run npm install function-color).
package manager used to run npm install function-color
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-25
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-23
repoas classification.technologies2026-10-22
articleas affected products2026-10-21
talkas classification.technologies2026-10-21
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-21
paperas classification.technologies2026-10-20
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-19
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-19
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-18
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-18
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-17
toolas classification.technologies2026-10-17
articleas affected products2026-10-16It is written here as npm (JavaScript package manager).
JavaScript package manager
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-15
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-14
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-13
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-12
paperas affected products2026-10-12It is written here as npm (18% of OSV npm vulnerabilities lack CVE aliases).
18% of OSV npm vulnerabilities lack CVE aliases
paperas classification.technologies2026-10-12
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-12
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-12
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-12
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-10-09
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-09
talkas classification.technologies2026-10-09
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-08
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-08
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-08
advisoryas tools2026-10-08
Package registry/install tool abused via preinstall hook execution and used to check/exchange tokens, resolve maintainer info, and republish the malicious payload
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-08
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-08
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-08
articleas classification.technologies2026-10-07
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-10-07
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-06
writeupas tools2026-10-05
Package registry/manager abused as distribution channel for malicious packages via preinstall/postinstall scripts and load-time execution
writeupas classification.technologies2026-10-05
threadas classification.technologies2026-10-03
talkas classification.technologies2026-10-02
articleas affected products2026-09-30It is written here as npm (Node.js package registry).
Platform abused to distribute malicious packages including tlxbnhd, tldriver, mxdriver, img-to-native, cdn-img-fetch, function-flag, function-color, and Keyv (in the related Shai-Hulud campaign)
articleas tools2026-09-29
Default package manager shipped with Node.js, used as a compatibility/performance baseline in the comparison
talkas classification.technologies2026-09-25
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-24
paperas classification.technologies2026-09-24
writeupas tools2026-09-24
Package manager that the vulnerable upgrade endpoint runs (npm install -g opencode-ai@VERSION); it accepts remote tarball URLs and runs preinstall scripts
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-23
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-23
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-23
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-22
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-22
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-20
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-18
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-17
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-16
repoas classification.technologies2026-09-16
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-14
articleas affected products2026-09-11
Registry cited as a distribution channel with increasing publication of malicious OSS packages.
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-11
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-11
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-11
articleas affected products2026-09-11
Ecosystem compromised by TeamPCP; also targeted in the July 2025 phishing campaign and the Shai-Hulud worm campaigns.
articleas affected products2026-09-11
Open source package registry cited as vulnerable to AI-generated malicious packages and typosquatting
talkas classification.technologies2026-09-09
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-08
repoas classification.technologies2026-09-07
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-07
repoas affected products2026-09-05
repoas classification.technologies2026-09-05
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-02
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-02
articleas classification.technologies2026-09-01
writeupas classification.technologies2026-09-01
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-31
repoas affected products2026-08-31
Package ecosystem scanned by PackageGuard for dependencies, licenses and risk
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-30
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-28
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-28
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-28
talkas classification.technologies2026-08-28
repoas classification.technologies2026-08-27
repoas tools2026-08-27
package manager used to install numasec globally ('npm install -g numasec')
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-25
articleas affected products2026-08-25
writeupas tools2026-08-25
JavaScript package registry; subject of the case study's criticism for version-specific takedown model and malware scanning at publish time (announced July 2026)
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-24
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-23
repoas classification.technologies2026-08-23
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-21
repoas classification.technologies2026-08-21
talkas classification.technologies2026-08-21
writeupas affected products2026-08-19
Package ecosystem targeted; 40 malicious packages (37 documented by OpenHack plus typecript-cli, typecript-core, typescrit-cli found by this report) typosquatting chalk, commander, lodash, typescript, react, and axios, published across five accounts in an 8-minute burst starting 02:48 UTC Aug 16, re
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-19
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-16
talkas affected products2026-08-14
Granular access tokens configured to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) could perform sensitive account, org, and package management actions
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-13
repoas classification.technologies2026-08-12
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-12
articleas affected products2026-08-12
World's largest software registry; now scans every published package for malware before it goes live
articleas affected products2026-08-12
package manager resolving registries via .npmrc; default public registry registry.npmjs.org
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-08
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-08
talkas classification.technologies2026-08-08
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-06
writeupas affected products2026-08-06
Package ecosystem targeted by TeamPCP, Shai-Hulud follow-ons, Miasma, IronWorm campaigns.
articleas classification.technologies2026-08-06
repoas classification.technologies2026-08-05
repoas classification.technologies2026-08-05
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-05
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-08-04
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-04
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-08-04
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-04
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-04
articleas affected products2026-08-03
Registry/package manager exploited by Shai-Hulud and Axios attacks via plaintext credential storage and postinstall scripts
articleas affected products2026-08-03
Cited as sharing the same install-time/import-time arbitrary code execution property as PyPI.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-08-02
talkas classification.technologies2026-07-31
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-31
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-31
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-30
articleas affected products2026-07-29
public package registry where attackers register hallucinated package names loaded with malware
articleas affected products2026-07-29
Package registry where 92% of all account takeovers involve an attacker compromising a legitimate maintainer's account to distribute malware through trusted packages
articleas affected products2026-07-29
package manager affected by event-stream hijacking (2018) and Shai-Hulud worm (2025)
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-29
writeupas tools2026-07-25
Legitimate registry from which to install Corepack safely (npm install -g corepack)
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-24
talkas affected products2026-07-23
articleas affected products2026-07-23
articleas affected products2026-07-23
Registry publishing tokens targeted for theft; supports OIDC trusted publishing
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-22
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-21
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-07-20
paperas affected products2026-07-18
package ecosystem where nearly every model installs the untrusted dependency via source-based attacks
articleas tools2026-07-18It is written here as npm (v12).
Package manager; new version closes security gaps including making install scripts opt-in; staged publishing also discussed.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-17
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-17
talkas classification.technologies2026-07-16
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-16
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-16
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-16
articleas affected products2026-07-15
npm CLI/package manager; ships with install scripts off by default and begins deprecating 2FA-bypass granular access tokens
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-14
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-14
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-14
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-13
articleas affected products2026-07-13
package manager/registry; install scripts (postinstall hooks) are the payload delivery mechanism; now supports minimum release age setting
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-12
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-12
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-12
repoas classification.technologies2026-07-11
repoas classification.technologies2026-07-11
repoas classification.technologies2026-07-11
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-11
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-10
writeupas tools2026-07-09
JavaScript package registry/installer abused via preinstall/postinstall scripts to achieve arbitrary code execution on install
talkas affected products2026-07-09
Registry where a cybersecurity startup published seven (or eleven) infostealer packages; also referenced regarding new mass-revoke features being implemented.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-09
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-07-09
articleas classification.technologies2026-07-09
writeupas affected products2026-07-08
GitHub maintainers of npm packages were hit, but no malicious force pushes made it into the npm registry itself (separate publish credential required); PolinRider also publishes 'malicious from birth' npm packages weekly, including typosquats of tailwindcss-animate and similar.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-06
talkas affected products2026-07-02It is written here as npm (NPM).
Package registry affected by account takeover risks; subject of new preventative account protection for high-impact accounts
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-02
writeupas classification.technologies2026-07-01
articleas affected products2026-07-01
PostHog's npm packages compromised in Shai-Hulud second wave
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-07-01
articleas affected products2026-07-01
Updated by Microsoft in June to stop automatic postinstall scripts.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-27
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-26
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-26
toolas affected products2026-06-26
Node package manager registry targeted by malicious/backdoored packages; supported by Package Proxy
articleas affected products2026-06-26
Package ecosystem scanned by GuardDog; used in examples (react, my-project/package.json).
talkas affected products2026-06-25It is written here as npm (NPM registry/package manager).
NPM registry/package manager
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-25
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-24
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-22
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-20
talkas affected products2026-06-18It is written here as npm (registry).
Criticized for inconsistent/incomplete takedown practices (removed malicious package version but left threat-actor-controlled decoy package live); npm 12 changing install scripts to opt-in by default
articleas affected products2026-06-18
package manager; new security controls allowScripts, --allow-git, --allow-remote
articleas affected products2026-06-18
supported ecosystem for missing lockfile detection and remediation guidance
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-18
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-18
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-18
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-18
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-18
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-17
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-17
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-17
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-16
repoas classification.technologies2026-06-14
articleas tools2026-06-13
Package registry/CLI supporting classic publishing, trusted publishing (OIDC via CI/CD), and staged publishing (2FA-backed review step before a version becomes installable)
articleas tools2026-06-13
package manager that later added a similar minimumReleaseAge setting to delay dependency updates
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-13
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-12
articleas affected products2026-06-11
Default behavior around install scripts, git dependencies, and remote-URL dependencies changes across these versions.
talkas affected products2026-06-11It is written here as npm (package manager).
package manager
articleas affected products2026-06-10
Upcoming breaking changes shipping around July 2026: install scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare, node-gyp builds) off by default; git dependencies require --allow-git; remote URL/HTTPS tarball dependencies require --allow-remote
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-09
writeupas affected products2026-06-09
package manager that automatically runs node-gyp rebuild when a binding.gyp file is present, regardless of package.json scripts
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-08
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-06
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-04
writeupas affected products2026-06-04
Package manager cited as expanding workstation attack surface.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-04
talkas classification.technologies2026-06-03
articleas affected products2026-06-03
Package ecosystem with 146,237 malicious threat records tracked, the leading ecosystem for malicious packages.
articleas tools2026-06-02
Package manager; has its own HTTP client that can bypass proxy settings
writeupas affected products2026-06-02
credentials/OIDC tokens targeted; ecosystem previously targeted directly in August 2025 incident
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-02
articleas classification.technologies2026-06-02
advisoryas classification.technologies2026-06-02
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-01
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-01
writeupas classification.technologies2026-06-01
repoas classification.technologies2026-05-31
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-30
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-28
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-28
writeupas tools2026-05-27
Package registry used to distribute the malicious codexui-android package
videoas technologies2026-05-27
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-27
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-26
repoas classification.technologies2026-05-24
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-23
articleas affected products2026-05-23
Package registry experiencing exponential growth in new packages since January 2026, driven by AI coding tools
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-22
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-22
otheras affected products2026-05-22
v12 breaking changes; also new worm, staged publishing feature, 2FA-bypass tokens killed, 72-hour read-only lockout
articleas affected products2026-05-21
Overtook Maven as most-used package ecosystem by request volume; 171,592 malicious packages detected in 2025.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-20
articleas affected products2026-05-20
Open source package ecosystem targeted by TeamPCP
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-20
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-20
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-19
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-19
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-18
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-16
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-13
repoas classification.technologies2026-05-13
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-11
articleas affected products2026-05-11
Package registry lacking native minimum release age support (unlike pnpm/yarn); supports provenance attestations for GitHub Actions-published packages; target of trusted publisher scoping guidance.
repoas classification.technologies2026-05-08
articleas affected products2026-05-07
Ecosystem affected by the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain campaign.
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-06
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-06
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-06
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-06
articleas tools2026-05-06
Node.js package manager; min-release-age cooldown option (added 11.10.0) and min-release-age-exclude per-package exemptions (11.17.0).
repoas classification.technologies2026-05-06
articleas classification.technologies2026-05-05
writeupas classification.technologies2026-05-05
articleas tools2026-04-21It is written here as npm (Node Package Manager).
Software component library/package manager for the JavaScript ecosystem, used by developers to reuse pre-written code
writeupas classification.technologies2026-03-31
articleas classification.technologies2026-03-03
writeupas classification.technologies2025-11-20
repoas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies
writeupas classification.technologies
repoas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies
advisoryas classification.technologies
advisoryas classification.technologies
advisoryas classification.technologies
advisoryas classification.technologies
repoas classification.technologies
repoas classification.technologies
repoas affected products
package manager whose install commands are inspected by Supply Chain Firewall
writeupas classification.technologies
repoas classification.technologies
writeupas classification.technologies
repoas classification.technologies
repoas classification.technologies
writeupas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies
articleas classification.technologies