July 2026, blocking install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URL sources by default. Every team running npm install in ...

In response to recent software supply chain attacks, NPM version 12 is blocking the automatic script execution at install.

The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took GitHub so long, and why other repositories acted so much sooner. The ability ...

Node.js developers, run NPM install at your own risk -- a self-replicating worm can easily spread through the ecosystem Never assume a file downloaded from the Internet is safe. That warning also ...