lockfile
Safeguard articles tagged "lockfile" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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npm URL Dependencies: How Malware Keeps Its Payload Off the Registry, and the Settings That Stop It
Malicious npm packages hide payloads behind URL dependencies. How allow-remote and lockfiles stop them, which Node versions lack it, and a scanner.
What Is a Lockfile?
A lockfile pins the exact versions and hashes of every dependency your build resolves. Here is how lockfiles make builds reproducible and why they are central to supply chain integrity.
node-ipc Compromised Again (14 May 2026): An 80 KB Credential Stealer in a 10M-Download Library
On 14 May 2026, three malicious node-ipc versions (9.1.6, 9.2.3, 12.0.1) shipped an 80 KB credential-stealing IIFE appended after module.exports in the CJS bundle — no install scripts, harvesting 90+ secret categories from a library with 10M+ weekly downloads.
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