In response to recent software supply chain attacks, NPM version 12 is blocking the automatic script execution at install.
Six Proto6 flaws in protobuf.js enable RCE and DoS attacks; patched in versions 7.5.6 and 8.0.2 to protect Node.js services.
The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took ...
July 2026, blocking install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URL sources by default. Every team running npm install in ...