In response to recent software supply chain attacks, NPM version 12 is blocking the automatic script execution at install.
July 2026, blocking install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URL sources by default. Every team running npm install in ...
The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took ...
npm 12 disables install scripts by default, requiring explicit approval to reduce dependency-based code execution risks.
Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...