Post Mortem: axios NPM supply chain compromise

https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/10636

Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise · Issue #10636 · axios/axios

Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise Date: March 31, 2026 Author: Jason Saayman Status: Remediation in progress On March 31, 2026, two malicious versions of axios (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) were...

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Any good payload analysis been published yet? Really curious if this was just a one and done info stealer or if it potentially could have clawed its way deeper into affected systems.

This article[0] investigated the payload. It's a RAT, so it's capable of executing whatever shell commands it receives, instead of just stealing credentials.

[0]: https://safedep.io/axios-npm-supply-chain-compromise/

axios Compromised: npm Supply Chain Attack via Dependency Injection

axios 1.14.1 was published to npm via a compromised maintainer account, injecting a trojanized dependency that executes a multi-platform reverse shell on install. No source code changes in axios itself, just a new entry in package.json.

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