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Open Source Security

How to publish a secure Python package: signing, SBOMs, and trusted publishing

PyPI enforced two-factor authentication for all users on January 1, 2024 — but 2FA alone doesn't stop a stolen API token. Here's the full secure-publishing stack.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

What the curl CVE disclosures teach about patching embedded C libraries

curl.se lists 206 published CVEs across two decades — two 2023 disclosures show why transitive C-library patching needs its own discipline.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Dependabot vs. Renovate: Tuning Dependency Updates Without Drowning in PRs

Dependabot GA'd grouped security updates in March 2024 and cross-directory consolidation in February 2026 — both direct responses to teams muting bots entirely.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Shipping a Dual ESM/CJS npm Package Without Creating a Supply-Chain Hazard

Node's own docs call it a 'dual package hazard' — the same module loaded twice via require() and import can produce two objects that fail instanceof against each other.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

The node-ipc protestware incident, four years later: a checklist for maintainer-inserted risk

In March 2022 a legitimate node-ipc maintainer shipped code that wiped files based on IP geolocation. CVE-2022-23812 still has no patch for the real problem.

Jul 8, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

Inside OpenSSF's priority stack: SBOM, Scorecard, and Sigstore

OpenSSF now runs eight technical initiative areas and four flagship projects — most teams have heard of one and adopted none. Here's what's actually worth doing first.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

The security risk of LLMs reviving abandoned open-source packages

USENIX Security 2025 found 19.7% of LLM code samples hallucinate a package name — and real, dormant packages carry the same blind trust.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

Managing Open Source Component Risk at Scale

A modern app's dozen direct dependencies can resolve into thousands of transitive packages — and CVE-2024-3094 proved a single unmaintained one is enough to backdoor SSH itself.

Jul 7, 20268 min read
Open Source Security

Native-extension vulnerabilities in Python packages

numpy, pandas, cryptography, and lxml all ship compiled C/C++ code — and a Python SCA scan that only checks package versions can miss memory-safety bugs buried in that native layer.

Jul 7, 20266 min read
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