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oftenwrongyesterday at 2:24 PM1 replyview on HN

Maven does not support "scripts" as NPM does, such as the pre-install script used for this exploit. With scripts enabled, the mere act of downloading a dependency requires a high degree of trust in it.


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15155yesterday at 3:31 PM

Downloading a dependency also requires a high degree of trust in whatever transitive dependencies that a trusted dependency decides to pull in.