Package manager outage forces skipping release-age checks, ideal for supply chain attacks
sloppenheimer · x · 2026-10-21
sloppenheimer warns that with everyone forced to ignore minimum package release age during an ecosystem-wide package manager outage, it's a "wicked" day for a supply chain attack — the release-age guardrail that normally throttles freshly published (potentially malicious) package versions is being bypassed en masse to restore service.
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