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Because these are fetching dependencies in the lifecycle hooks, even if they are legitimate at the moment there is no guarantee that it will stay that way. The owner of those dependencies could get compromised, or themselves be malicious, or be the package owner waiting to flip the switch to make existing versions become malicious. It's hard to see how the lifecycle hooks on install can stay in their current form.


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