Developers face hidden risks from build scripts that can execute arbitrary code during compilation, exposing projects to malicious payloads like Arrayref's build‑time exploit. GuardBuild provides a sandboxed, policy‑driven runtime that scans, isolates, and enforces approved build actions, eliminating the threat of rogue code while preserving legitimate build workflows.
> Why does every build have the ability to run arbitrary code by default in the first place?Nearly every time that you see a build script in use it's to support building C code, which has no standard build process and which often involves executing shell commands, and the shell itself is an arbitrary code execution environment with arbitrary access to the network.
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