​​Supply Chain Compromise Impacts Axios Node Package Manager​

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is releasing this alert to provide guidance in response to the software supply chain compromise of the Axios node package manager (npm). 1 Axios is an HTTP client for JavaScript that developers commonly use in Node.js and browser environments. On March 31, 2026, two npm packages for versions axios@1.14.1 and axios@0.30.4 of Axios npm injected the malicious dependency plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 that downloads multi-stage payloads from cyber threat actor infrastructure, including a remote access trojan. 2 CISA urges organizations to implement the following recommendations to detect and remediate a potential compromise: Monitor and review code repositories, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and developer machines that ran npm install or npm update with the compromised Axios version. Search for cached versions of affected dependencies in artifact repositories and dependency management tools. Pin npm package dependency versions to known safe releases. If compromised dependencies are identified, revert the environment to a known safe state. Downgrade to axios@1.14.0 or axios@0.30.3 and delete node_modules/plain-crypto-js/ . Rotate/revoke credentials that may have been exposed on affected systems or pipelines (e.g., version control system [VCS] tokens, CI/CD secrets, cloud keys, npm tokens, and Secure Shell [SSH] keys). For ephemeral CI jobs, rotate all secrets injected into the compromised run. Monit