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Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account
March 31, 2026
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The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency. Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to inject plain-crypto-js version 4.2.1 as a fake dependency. According to StepSecurity, the two versions were published using the compromised npm credentials of the primary Axios

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