In response to recent software supply chain attacks, NPM version 12 is blocking the automatic script execution at install.

npm 12 disables install scripts by default, requiring explicit approval to reduce dependency-based code execution risks.

July 2026, blocking install scripts, Git dependencies, and remote URL sources by default. Every team running npm install in ...

The change, expected in July, will likely block one of the more common attack vectors; developers are wondering what took ...

GitHub has announced that npm v12, expected next month, will introduce several security-focused changes aimed at blocking ...