Why Runtime Scanning Is Too Late for Your CI/CD Supply Chain Security
Summary: The article argues that runtime scanning in CI/CD pipelines only records attacks after they have already run, citing the xz Utils backdoor, where a compromised maintainer embedded a payload in a compression library shipped in nearly every major Linux distribution and the attack operated for weeks before a Microsoft engineer noticed anomalous SSH behavior by accident. It states security teams in mid-size enterprises spend roughly 4 to 8 hours per CVE on manual research, triage, and remediation, and that industry average mean time to remediate a critical CVE runs upwards of 60 days.
What you should know: The article states the window between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation averaged a few days in 2024 but now sees active exploitation begin within hours for high-profile packages, which it says makes daily or weekly scanner cycles architecturally incompatible with the threat. It also notes that in the 2026 regulatory environment, the security leader whose program failed to intercept a compromised dependency may face personal liability.
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