Containing Malicious Package Updates in npm with a Lightweight Permission System

The large amount of third-party packages available in fast-moving software ecosystems, such as Node.js/npm, enables attackers to compromise applications by pushing malicious updates to their package dependencies. Studying the npm repository, we observed that many packages in the npm repository that...

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Published in:	Proceedings / International Conference on Software Engineering pp. 1334 - 1346
Main Authors:	Ferreira, Gabriel, Jia, Limin, Sunshine, Joshua, Kastner, Christian
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01.05.2021
Subjects:	design trade-offs Ecosystems malicious package updates package management permission system Runtime sandboxing Security Software supplychain security
ISBN:	1665402962, 9781665402965
ISSN:	1558-1225
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