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A Single Vulnerability Can Bring Down the JavaScript Ecosystem
Introduction In the world of software development, we often take for granted the security and reliability of the tools and platforms we rely on daily. We assume that the packages we download and the registries we use are safe and trustworthy.
Essentially, we explore theoretical attack vectors that could disrupt the Software Supply Chain of our clients and develop a module to test and validate at a larger scale. By successfully exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could cause a denial of service on the npm registry, making it unavailable to users disrupting the software development processes of countless organizations worldwide. The cache poisoning attack on the npm registry, discovered by our security research team at Lupin & Holmes, let us ponder the question about the fragility of our software supply chains.
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