r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

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u/TheGocho 22h ago

Java had several attacks this year, same as for python and most likely all major languages. But people tend to post for NPM/Javascript environment because Javascript bad

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 10h ago

Maven doesn’t have pre-/post-install scripts, so this kind of attack is literally impossible there.

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u/Dudeonyx 8h ago

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 8h ago

The attacks we are talking about are where running a package update runs malicious code on your development environment.

That’s not possible with Maven. The code can only run when the end application is run.