dev.to· Oct 26, 2026· by kotakanbe

A maintained package can still ship malware. What a health check can and can't see.

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A hijacked package still looks maintained, because it is. How uzomuzo now flags malicious versions from OSV, and why it marks a release after a year of silence for 7 days.
🎯 Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution (RCE)
💡 Defense Fix: Avoid executing shell commands via system(). Use parameterized APIs and strict input sanitization.
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