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by whoisjohnkid 1387 days ago
Hmm, even though LastPass doesn’t have access to your pass, couldn’t a malicious software update cause attacker to view your passwords when it runs since the software ultimately has access?

This doesn’t seem to be the case in this incident though.

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Yes, absolutely - a compromised development environment might be the first step towards getting implanted code into shipping software, or getting to a signing environment (hopefully highly isolated, but you never know!), with a view to carrying out a supply chain attack.

That's basically what happened in the solarwinds compromise.

Yes it's possible that attackers could release a malicious client-side update but it would be immediately noticed and an alarm would be raised. Also I believe lastpass's client-side apps are open source, making it even more obvious when something is changed
I think you are referring to a malicious client software update. It doesn't even have to be that, since a common way to use LP is just over the web.
The software has access, but only using your master password which is also encrypted much like the passwords you have within the app.

So unlikely.