T1195

Official Description

Adversaries may manipulate products or product delivery mechanisms prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise.

Supply chain compromise can take place at any stage of the supply chain including:

* Manipulation of development tools
* Manipulation of a development environment
* Manipulation of source code repositories (public or private)
* Manipulation of source code in open-source dependencies
* Manipulation of software update/distribution mechanisms
* Compromised/infected system images (removable media infected at the factory)(Citation: IBM Storwize)(Citation: Schneider Electric USB Malware)
* Replacement of legitimate software with modified versions
* Sales of modified/counterfeit products to legitimate distributors
* Shipment interdiction

While supply chain compromise can impact any component of hardware or software, adversaries looking to gain execution have often focused on malicious additions to legitimate software in software distribution or update channels.(Citation: Avast CCleaner3 2018)(Citation: Microsoft Dofoil 2018)(Citation: Command Five SK 2011) Adversaries may limit targeting to a desired victim set or distribute malicious software to a broad set of consumers but only follow up with specific victims.(Citation: Symantec Elderwood Sept 2012)(Citation: Avast CCleaner3 2018)(Citation: Command Five SK 2011) Popular open-source projects that are used as dependencies in many applications may also be targeted as a means to add malicious code to users of the dependency.(Citation: Trendmicro NPM Compromise)

In some cases, adversaries may conduct “second-order” supply chain compromises by leveraging the access gained from an initial supply chain compromise to further compromise a software component.(Citation: Krebs 3cx overview 2023) This may allow the threat actor to spread to even more victims.

Tactics: Initial Access
Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS, SaaS
MITRE Version: 1.7
Last Modified: Oct 24, 2025

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Sub-techniques (3)

T1195.001 · Compromise Software Dependencies and Development ToolsT1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply ChainT1195.003 · Compromise Hardware Supply Chain

Reported Context (37)

The article attributes the ConnectWise multi-tenant application compromise to Storm-0940 and describes resulting access to downstream customer environments. Microsoft Says Storm-0940 Used ARTEX in ConnectWise Supply-Chain Compromise
The report describes compromised software packages and dependencies used to compromise downstream organizations. Point Wild’s Q2 2026 Report Highlights Malware and Identity-Theft Trends
The report cites the LiteLLM and Bitwarden CLI package compromises as supply-chain code-execution precedents for the Trace Drain attacker precondition, not as evidence of telemetry manipulation. CYFIRMA Identifies Three Untested Security Risks in AI Agent Infrastructure
Explicitly referenced for monitoring compromise of suppliers and managed-service providers through supply-chain pathways. CYFIRMA Report Maps Cyber Threats Facing India and SAARC Telecom Sector
Attackers published malicious versions of open-source packages and tools so downstream users would receive the code through software updates. Retrospective: How Malicious Software Updates Poison Development Environments

CVE (26)

Malware (45)

People (10)

Threat Actors (61)

MITRE ATT&CK (128)

Vendors (52)

Products (105)

Tools (45)

Industries (44)

Countries (28)

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