medium.com/tag/bug-bounty· Oct 22, 2026· by T4nv1

$19,500 for a Package Name That Didn’t Exist Yet: A Dependency Confusion Supply Chain Takeover

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This bug never touched Hartwell’s actual application code, their servers, or anything resembling a traditional request-response exploit… Continue reading on Medium »
🎯 Vulnerability: Web Security Vulnerability
💡 Defense Fix: Implement strict input validation, contextual output encoding, and enforce least-privilege authorization controls.
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