dev.to· Oct 12, 2026· by princejain756

I counted the strangers inside famous npm dependency trees

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Your node_modules isn't yours. It's a crowd of strangers you invited in. Every npm install is an act...
🎯 Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution (RCE)
💡 Defense Fix: Avoid executing shell commands via system(). Use parameterized APIs and strict input sanitization.
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