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failIncident: Malware
Scanned: 11 days ago

sprintf-kit

latest
malicious
Top 10k
sprintf parser and basic formatter
License: Permissive (ISC)
Published: over 1 year ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
1 protestware dependencies found

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

malware
10 months agoReported By: ReversingLabs (Automated)
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Popularity

221.57M
Recorded Downloads Since 2021
1
Contributor
1
Declared Dependencies
290
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Authors of open source software may decide to use their projects to spread political messages. Running software packages that include protestware dependencies may trigger protest-related functions when executed in the targeted environments or geographies. Protest-motivated code is commonly implemented as a simple display of harmless messages that call for peace. However, over time protestware may evolve to include code that performs excessive logging, issues denial of service, or even deletes user files. Software packages that depend on protestware code are considered to be potentially unwanted applications. When political activism escalates to inclusion of destructive code, additional malware detection policies trigger to flag malicious intent.

Prevalence in npm community

0 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
35 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.12k packages
in community

Next steps

Inspect behaviors exhibited by the detected software components.
If the software behaviors differ from expected, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure they are well-documented.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
95 packages
found in
Top 100
726 packages
found in
Top 1k
7488 packages
found in
Top 10k
4.56M packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
26 packages
found in
Top 100
134 packages
found in
Top 1k
2067 packages
found in
Top 10k
896.14k packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
40 packages
found in
Top 100
305 packages
found in
Top 1k
3796 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.13M packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
34 packages
found in
Top 100
218 packages
found in
Top 1k
3028 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.25M packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
72 packages
found in
Top 100
465 packages
found in
Top 1k
5356 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.75M packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for sprintf-kit

What is sprintf-kit?

sprintf parser and basic formatter. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is sprintf-kit malicious or is it safe to use?

The npm package sprintf-kit was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. Malware or tampering has been detected, making it unsafe to download and use. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details. All versions of the sprintf-kit package were malicious.

Is sprintf-kit popular?

The npm package sprintf-kit ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 222M recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure sprintf-kit once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how sprintf-kit behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a sprintf-kit version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

Did you know...

... that you can use ReversingLabs’ Spectra Assure platform to perform regular risk assessments of packages you develop in-house?

We recommend continuous software safeness monitoring through CI/CD integrations and pre-release/deployment checks. In addition to basic package information found on this page our platform offers rich reports for developers and DevSecOps that help them remediate all reported issues.