Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Last week, one of the biggest concerns in the cybersecurity industry created a crisis that was avoided at the last minute. On April 16th, 2025, the MITRE Corporation announced: “The current contracting pathway for MITRE to develop, operate, and modernize CVE and several other related programs, such as CWE, will expire.” Official letter from MITRE Corp announcing the implications and expiration of the CVE Program.

The JFrog Security Research team regularly monitors open source software repositories using advanced automated tools, in order to detect malicious packages. In cases of potential supply chain security threats, our research team reports any malicious packages that were discovered to the repository’s maintainers in order to have them removed. This blog provides an analysis of the ccxt-mexc-futures malicious package which aims to leak crypto currency trading credentials.

Managing and securing the software supply chain is crucial for trusted releases, but as any tech organization knows, it also presents significant challenges. With over 15 years of experience and a dedicated security research team, we at JFrog understand these threats. In a rapidly evolving post-AI world, DevSecOps teams are struggling to keep pace with changes.