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ChainDrop: When Opening a Repository Becomes Execution

ID: 679d3ccc-3d27-5835-8f04-caf5ddcd212e

STIX ID: report--679d3ccc-3d27-5835-8f04-caf5ddcd212e

Feed Name: Pillar Security

Threat Score
86/100

Date Published: 2026-08-04

Date Updated: 2026-10-13

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**ChainDrop** is an active software supply‑chain campaign that embeds executable repository and editor/agent lifecycle hooks (Claude Code SessionStart, VS Code folderOpen, and npm preinstall) to launch a loader that downloads Bun and runs an obfuscated JavaScript payload which harvests developer, cloud, and CI/CD credentials, attempts memory scraping of GitHub Actions runners, installs persistence, and propagates by compromising additional packages and repositories; the report includes hashes, hook samples, persistence paths, detection opportunities, and recommends agentic pre‑execution controls in addition to EDR.

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