Issues - salve-annos - npm | ReversingLabs Spectra Assure Community

List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

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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.

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2 packages

found in

Top 100

6 packages

found in

Top 1k

99 packages

found in

Top 10k

4.51M packages

in community

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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.

Problem

Unicode is a text encoding standard designed to support the use of text written in all of the major languages and writing systems. While most languages are written from left to right, some are written in alternative directions. To accommodate encoding text written in such languages, the Unicode standard includes a number of special characters that allow the text direction to be specified. However, changing text direction can have adverse effects on how the encoded text is displayed and interpreted. For this reason, bidirectional Unicode control characters are commonly abused by malicious actors as a means of bypassing security solutions and avoiding detection. While presence of special Unicode characters does not imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. One example of acceptable use for these special characters is in script files that parse, validate, and transform Unicode-encoded text.

Prevalence in npm community

5 packages

found in

Top 100

21 packages

found in

Top 1k

374 packages

found in

Top 10k

113.9k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1036.002 - Masquerading: Right-to-Left Override.

Consult publicly available materials on the Trojan Source vulnerability.

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salve-annos

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TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

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TH16102Detected presence of files containing bidirectional Unicode control characters.hunting

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TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

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TH16102Detected presence of files containing bidirectional Unicode control characters.hunting

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