New Timing Attack Against NPM Registry API Could Expose Private Packages

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by Ravie Lakshmanan, 13 Oct 2022.

  1. A novel timing attack discovered against the npm's registry API can be exploited to potentially disclose private packages used by organizations, putting developers at risk of supply chain threats. "By creating a list of possible package names, threat actors can detect organizations' scoped private packages and then masquerade public packages, tricking employees and users into downloading them,"

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