What the Axios Supply Chain Attack Revealed About...

In late March 2026, one of the most widely used JavaScript libraries in the world, Axios, was at the center of a serious supply chain attack. Let’s break down what happened, why it matters, and what you can do to better protect your applications. Summary of the attack On March 31, 2026, attackers compromised an Axios maintainer’s npm account and published two malicious versions: axios@1.14.1 axios@0.30.4 These versions looked legitimate but included a hidden dependency (plain-crypto-js) that exe