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Assess and compare the security of private package repositories and their public counterparts, focusing on Acc‐Py and PyPI.

Security Assessment of Private Package Repositories: An Experience on Acc‐Py at CERN

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Compares security in private and public package repositories, revealing risks and strengths in Acc‐Py at CERN.

Assess and compare the security of private package repositories and their public counterparts, focusing on Acc‐Py and PyPI.
Conduct a comprehensive security assessment of private and public repositories
Utilize open-source static analyzers for vulnerability detection
Engage in discussions with the CERN development team to gather insights
Acc‐Py shows fewer potential security issues compared to the PyPI ecosystem.
Acc‐Py is vulnerable to dependency confusion attacks due to namespace collisions with PyPI.
Dynamic analysis reveals telemetry collection presents privacy risks.

Lizzit et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Compares security in private and public package repositories, revealing risks and strengths in Acc‐Py at CERN.

Assess and compare the security of private package repositories and their public counterparts, focusing on Acc‐Py and PyPI.
Conduct a comprehensive security assessment of private and public repositories
Utilize open-source static analyzers for vulnerability detection
Engage in discussions with the CERN development team to gather insights
Acc‐Py shows fewer potential security issues compared to the PyPI ecosystem.
Acc‐Py is vulnerable to dependency confusion attacks due to namespace collisions with PyPI.
Dynamic analysis reveals telemetry collection presents privacy risks.

Lizzit et al. (2026) studied this question.

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