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make it impossible to re-register a deleted package #16711

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monperrus opened this issue Sep 14, 2024 · 0 comments
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make it impossible to re-register a deleted package #16711

monperrus opened this issue Sep 14, 2024 · 0 comments
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The possibility to register a deleted package is bad for software supply chain security, see

Revival Hijack – PyPI hijack technique exploited in the wild, puts 22K packages at risk
https://jfrog.com/blog/revival-hijack-pypi-hijack-technique-exploited-22k-packages-at-risk/

The post mentions some previous conversation with Pypi maintainers (public? private?), this issue makes this important problem visible in the issue tracker.

Stop Allowing deleting things from PyPI?, is related but slightly different.

@monperrus monperrus added bug 🐛 requires triaging maintainers need to do initial inspection of issue labels Sep 14, 2024
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