Top issues
Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.
hunting
Problem
Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community, it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of being the first to try out a new project lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.Prevalence in npm community
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.
Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.
Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.
Top behaviors
Executes files during installation or upon launch.
execution
Prevalence in npm community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeCreates a process.
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
51 packages
found in
Top 1k
596 packages
found in
Top 10k
137110 packages
in community
Creates shortcuts during installation or upon launch.
file
Prevalence in npm community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeCopies a file/directory.
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
5 packages
found in
Top 100
18 packages
found in
Top 1k
376 packages
found in
Top 10k
85938 packages
in community
Executes commands in command line.
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
10 packages
found in
Top 100
54 packages
found in
Top 1k
680 packages
found in
Top 10k
264965 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.