A supply-chain attack backdoored versions of Axios, a popular JavaScript library that's present in many different software packages, to distribute a cross-platform, ...

On March 31, 2026, the popular HTTP client Axios experienced a supply chain attack, causing two newly published npm packages ...

Attackers stole a long-lived npm token from the lead axios maintainer and published two poisoned versions that drop a cross-platform RAT. Axios sits in 80% of cloud environments. Huntress confirmed ...

When hackers got access to an account belonging to the maintainer of Axios they inserted a script that granted remote access to users’ Windows, macOS, and Linux devices. This malicious version ...

The widely used Axios HTTP client library, a JavaScript component used by developers, was recently hacked to distribute malware via a compromised account. Attackers exploited a hijacked account on npm ...

The popular JavaScript HTTP client Axios has been compromised in a supply chain attack, exposing projects to malware through malicious npm releases. Security researchers from StepSecurity identified ...

Two malicious Axios npm releases have prompted warnings for developers to rotate credentials and treat affected systems as ...

Updated: Hijacked maintainer account let attackers slip cross-platform trojan into 100M-downloads-a-week Axios ...

With almost 175,000 npm projects listing the library as a dependency, the attack had a huge cascade effect and shows how quickly a compromised package can propagate through the ecosystem.

Another supply chain security threat emerged this week with the compromise of Axios. It is a popular JavaScript HTTP library, but for three hours, it ...

An attacker compromised the npm account of a lead Axios maintainer on March 30, and used it to publish two malicious versions of the widely used JavaScript HTTP client library.

A sophisticated social engineering attack, disguised as a Microsoft Teams meeting, tricked the Axios lead maintainer into ...