Security News > 2024 > July > Millions of Apple Applications Were Vulnerable to CocoaPods Supply Chain Attack
The security team says they found vulnerable CocoaPods pods in "The documentation or terms of service documents of applications provided by Meta, Apple, and Microsoft; as well as in TikTok, Snapchat, Amazon, LinkedIn, Netflix, Okta, Yahoo, Zynga, and many more."
E.V.A. reported the vulnerability to CocoaPods in October 2023, at which point it was patched.
"The CocoaPods team responded responsibly and swiftly to the vulnerabilities once disclosed," E.V.A. Information Security wrote.
Must-read Apple coverage Vulnerabilities originated in CocoaPods.
The CocoaPods vulnerabilities are a good reminder to developers and DevOps teams not to forget about dependency managers, which could be a potential weak link in supply chain security.
To handle the CocoaPods vulnerabilities, developers and DevOps teams should double check the open-source dependencies used in their application code.
News URL
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/apple-applications-cocoapods-supply-chain-attack/
Related news
- Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant' (source)
- Apple fixes zero-day exploited in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks (source)
- Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings (source)
- Apple fixes zero-day flaw exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attack (CVE-2025-24200) (source)
- North Korea targets crypto developers via NPM supply chain attack (source)
- Bybit Hack Traced to Safe{Wallet} Supply Chain Attack Exploited by North Korean Hackers (source)
- China-Linked Silk Typhoon Expands Cyber Attacks to IT Supply Chains for Initial Access (source)
- Apple fixes WebKit zero-day exploited in ‘extremely sophisticated’ attacks (source)
- Apple Releases Patch for WebKit Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks (source)
- GitHub supply chain attack spills secrets from 23,000 projects (source)