Deep dives, practical guides, and incident analyses from engineers who build Safeguard. No fluff, no vendor FUD — just what you need to ship secure software.
Every package ecosystem handles install-time code execution differently. Some are permissive, some restrictive, and the differences matter for supply chain security.
Almost every package manager supports post-install hooks that run arbitrary code. This is the most abused feature in supply chain attacks.
Running pip install can execute arbitrary code on your machine before you ever import the package. Here is how install hooks create risk.
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