Perplexity AI Open-Sources Bumblebee, a Safe Supply-Chain Scanner for Developers

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Perplexity AI has released Bumblebee, an open-source, read-only endpoint scanner designed to audit developer workstations for software supply-chain vulnerabilities. The tool statically reads on-disk configuration files from package managers, IDE extensions, and browser tools on macOS and Linux, without executing any code or triggering build tools. This approach eliminates the risk of accidentally running malicious scripts hidden in package post-install hooks, a common flaw in traditional vulnerability scanners. Bumblebee also catalogs MCP server configurations used by AI coding assistants like Claude Code, covering ecosystems including Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, and PHP. Written in Go as a single static binary, it can be deployed via MDM tools across an organization and outputs structured NDJSON logs compatible with existing SIEM dashboards.

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