Axios npm Hijack: Lessons from the 2026 Supply Chain Nightmare and How to Bulletproof Your Dependencies
Axios npm Hijack: Lessons from the 2026 Supply Chain Nightmare and How to Bulletproof Your Dependencies On March 31, 2026, the JavaScript world woke up to a chilling reality: axios, one of the most downloaded npm packages with over 100 million weekly installs, had been weaponized in a sophisticated supply chain attack. Attackers compromised a maintainer’s npm account, pushed two malicious versions (1.14.1 and 0.30.4), and embedded a stealthy remote access trojan (RAT) that targeted macOS, Windows, and Linux systems.[1][2] This wasn’t a sloppy hack—it was a meticulously planned operation, complete with pre-staged malicious dependencies and self-erasing malware, implicating suspected North Korean actors (UNC1069).[3] ...