The Hidden Threat in Your Software Development Lifecycle: Why Self-Hosted Runners Need Zero Trust

The modern software delivery pipeline is a marvel of speed and automation, but it is also one of the most attractive and vulnerable attack surfaces in the enterprise. Highlighting this risk, Sonatype’s State of the Software Supply Chain 2026 report tracked more than 454,600 new malicious packages introduced into open-source registries in a single year—representing a staggering 75% year-over-y