Why some security fixes never reach your vulnerability dashboard
Summary
A malicious version of Bitwarden CLI was published on npm for 90 minutes in April 2026, stealing developer credentials through a compromised GitHub Action (an automated workflow tool). The incident received a CVE (common vulnerabilities and exposures, an official vulnerability identifier), but the CVE only notified defenders after the fact rather than providing a patch to apply, highlighting how CVE has drifted from its original purpose of identifying code flaws with fixable versions to tracking security incidents.
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Original source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/4173425/why-some-security-fixes-never-reach-your-vulnerability-dashboard.html
First tracked: May 20, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 78%