Pydantic author sounds alarm: entire Python ecosystem at risk as supply chain attacks pile up
samuelcolvin · x · 2026-10-22
- Pydantic author samuelcolvin flags a wave of open-source supply chain security incidents, questioning whether their simultaneous publication was a "bury bad news" tactic.
- He argues the situation looks intractable: every CPython install, venv, and UV is at risk in the Python ecosystem alone, let alone npm, pnpm, yarn, go, and rust.
- His tongue-in-cheek 2026 security posture: stay home, connect only via a trusted ISP — "winter is coming."
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