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utile

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A drop-in replacement for `util` with some additional advantageous functions
License: unknown
Published: almost 11 years ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
1 severe vulnerabilities exploited
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

107.15M
Recorded Downloads Since 2021
4
Contributors
6
Declared Dependencies
125
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known severe vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported high or critical severity vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors.

Prevalence in npm community

34 packages
found in
Top 100
152 packages
found in
Top 1k
1955 packages
found in
Top 10k
777714 packages
in community

Next steps

We strongly advise updating the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as high severity.

Prevalence in npm community

32 packages
found in
Top 100
168 packages
found in
Top 1k
2061 packages
found in
Top 10k
805890 packages
in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
61 packages
found in
Top 1k
956 packages
found in
Top 10k
319930 packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
5 packages
found in
Top 100
39 packages
found in
Top 1k
518 packages
found in
Top 10k
107169 packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

No behavior prevalence information at this time

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
17 packages
found in
Top 100
77 packages
found in
Top 1k
884 packages
found in
Top 10k
222519 packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
39 packages
found in
Top 100
300 packages
found in
Top 1k
3776 packages
found in
Top 10k
1056717 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(1 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2021-43138h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated

FAQ for utile

What is utile?

A drop-in replacement for `util` with some additional advantageous functions. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is utile malicious or is it safe to use?

The npm package utile was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. 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.

Is utile popular?

The npm package utile ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 107M 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 utile once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how utile behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a utile 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.