DevSecOps
In-depth guides and analysis on devsecops from the Safeguard engineering team.
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npm CLI Login in CI: Tokens, npm-cli-login, and Safer Patterns
The npm-cli-login package automated interactive npm login for CI pipelines — a pattern that npm's 2025 authentication overhaul has made both broken and unnecessary. Here is what to use instead.
Eighteen Minutes: The Nx Console Extension Compromise and the IDE Blind Spot
A poisoned VS Code extension was live for eighteen minutes. In that window, auto-update pushed it into every developer environment with Nx Console installed — including a GitHub employee's device, leading to exfiltration of internal GitHub repositories. Your IDE extensions have no SBOM, no review, and a direct push channel to your engineers.
The AsyncAPI Hijack: When Trusted Publishing Becomes the Attack Path
On 14 July 2026 attackers used 37 pull requests against a pull_request_target workflow to steal the asyncapi-bot token, then let npm's OIDC trusted publisher automatically ship the malicious release. Four packages, 2.25 million weekly downloads, four hours live — and no code review was bypassed, because none was required.
The tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action Supply Chain C...
CVE-2025-30066 exposed how a compromised tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action leaked CI/CD secrets into build logs across 23,000+ repos. Timeline, impact, and fixes.
Jenkins Stapler Unauthenticated RCE Mass-Exploited for Cr...
CVE-2018-1000861 let attackers hit Jenkins Stapler unauthenticated, planting cryptomining malware on exposed CI/CD build servers across the internet.
Jenkins CLI Java Deserialization Remote Code Execution (C...
CVE-2017-1000353 let attackers gain unauthenticated RCE on Jenkins via CLI Java deserialization. Here's the impact, timeline, and how to remediate it.
Jenkins Remote Code Execution via Groovy Metaclass (CVE-2...
CVE-2016-0792 let attackers bypass Jenkins' deserialization blacklist using Groovy's metaclass to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution via the CLI.
Jenkins CLI Deserialization RCE via Commons-Collections G...
CVE-2015-8103: unauthenticated RCE in Jenkins CLI via a Commons-Collections deserialization gadget chain. Impact, timeline, and remediation.
Jenkins Script Security Sandbox Bypass Leading to RCE (CV...
CVE-2019-1003029 let attackers escape the Jenkins Script Security sandbox and execute arbitrary code via crafted Groovy pipeline scripts.
Jenkins Arbitrary File Read via Crafted CLI Command (CVE-...
CVE-2018-1999002 let attackers read arbitrary files from Jenkins masters via crafted requests to the Stapler framework, exposing secrets and credentials.
TeamCity Authentication Bypass Exploited by Nation-State ...
A critical TeamCity authentication bypass, CVE-2023-42793, let APT29 and North Korean hackers seize build servers for supply chain attacks.
TeamCity Authentication Bypass Enabling Admin Account Cre...
CVE-2024-27198 lets unauthenticated attackers bypass TeamCity login and create admin accounts, with active exploitation and ransomware activity observed.
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