Spectra Assure

warningRisk: Hardening

Scanned:

Cake.Tool

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Top 1k

License: Permissive (MIT)

Published:

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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

No license compliance issues

Secrets

9 debugging symbols found

Security

Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities detected

Hardening

9 outdated toolchains detected

Threats

Tampering

No evidence of software tampering

Malware

No evidence of malware inclusion

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

Policies

Info

Problem

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. One or more embedded URLs were discovered to link to raw files hosted on GitHub. Attackers often abuse popular web services to host malicious payloads. Since code-sharing services URLs are typically allowed by security solutions, using them for payload delivery increases the odds that the malicious code will reach the user. While the presence of code-sharing service locations does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. An increasing number of software supply chain attacks in the open source space leverages the GitHub service to deliver malicious payloads.

Prevalence in NuGet community

22 packages

found in

Top 100

461 packages

found in

Top 1k

3748 packages

found in

Top 10k

62.8k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.

Problem

Program database (PDB) files are typically only used during software development. They contain private debug symbols that make it significantly easier to reverse engineer a closed-source application. In some cases, having a program database file is equivalent to having access to the source code. Presence of program databases could indicate that one or more software components have been built using a debug profile, instead of the release.

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

92 packages

found in

Top 1k

1151 packages

found in

Top 10k

21.32k packages

in community

Next steps

Private debug database files should not be embedded within executables, and you should remove them from the software package before releasing it.

The integrity verification of the embedded database files should not be done with insecure hashing algorithms. SHA1 and MD5 hashes should be deprecated throughout the application, and a more secure SHA256 algorithm should be used instead.

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 using components that are rarely used to build applications 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 NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

118 packages

found in

Top 1k

1749 packages

found in

Top 10k

656.38k packages

in community

Next 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.

Problem

Digital signatures are applied to applications, packages and documents as a cryptographically secured authenticity record. Signatures verify the origin and the integrity of the object they apply to. The integrity validation relies on the cryptographic strength of the encryption and the hash verification algorithm. If either of the two is considered weak by current standards, there is a chance the signed object could be maliciously modified, without triggering the integrity failure check.

Prevalence in NuGet community

100 packages

found in

Top 100

899 packages

found in

Top 1k

8997 packages

found in

Top 10k

755.66k packages

in community

Next steps

Create signatures with strong ECC key-length of at least 224 bits, or RSA key-length of at least 2048 bits, and use SHA256 as the hashing algorithm. While encryption key-length upgrade does require you to obtain a new certificate, the hashing algorithm can freely be selected during signing.

With Microsoft SignTool, you can specify the hashing algorithm using the /fd SHA256 parameter.

Problem

Debug databases are typically only used during software development. On Windows, they are usually files embedded into the executable (PDB), while on Linux, they're contained inside special executable sections. The databases contain private debug symbols that make it significantly easier to reverse-engineer a closed-source application. In some cases, having a debug database is equivalent to having access to the source code. Presence of debug databases could indicate that one or more software components have been built using a debug profile, instead of the release. Private debug databases can be embedded into software components by programming language tools.

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

101 packages

found in

Top 1k

1249 packages

found in

Top 10k

23.41k packages

in community

Next steps

To remediate this issue and remove private debugging information, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

Problem

Operating systems allow multiple user accounts to coexist on a single computer system. Each registered user has identity information associated with their account. At the very least, user accounts consist of a user name and an optional password. In some cases, user account data may also include personally identifiable information. Extended personal information may include user's given and last name, their email and mailing address, personal photo and their telephone number. Financially motivated attackers may seek to collect personal information for purposes of selling the private data to a third-party. Malicious code that typically exhibits these behavior traits is commonly referred to as an information stealer. While the presence of code that accesses identity information does not necessarily imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Accessing identity information is a very common behavior for software packages. One example of acceptable use for such functions is verifying that the active user has purchased a software license that allows them to run the application.

Prevalence in NuGet community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

31 packages

found in

Top 1k

461 packages

found in

Top 10k

9.49k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.

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

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

22 packages

found in

Top 100

461 packages

found in

Top 1k

3748 packages

found in

Top 10k

62.8k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

92 packages

found in

Top 1k

1151 packages

found in

Top 10k

21.32k packages

in community

Next steps

Private debug database files should not be embedded within executables, and you should remove them from the software package before releasing it.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

118 packages

found in

Top 1k

1749 packages

found in

Top 10k

656.38k packages

in community

Next 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.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

100 packages

found in

Top 100

899 packages

found in

Top 1k

8997 packages

found in

Top 10k

755.66k packages

in community

Next steps

With Microsoft SignTool, you can specify the hashing algorithm using the /fd SHA256 parameter.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

0 packages

found in

Top 100

101 packages

found in

Top 1k

1249 packages

found in

Top 10k

23.41k packages

in community

Next steps

To remediate this issue and remove private debugging information, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

31 packages

found in

Top 1k

461 packages

found in

Top 10k

9.49k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.

Cake.Tool

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

TH17127Detected presence of files containing URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ14160Detected Windows executable files that embed PDB files whose integrity is verified with an insecure hashing algorithm.Causes risk: outdated toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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SQ20119Detected digital signatures that rely on a weak digest algorithm for integrity validation.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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SQ34203Detected presence of hardcoded debug databases.Causes risk: debugging symbols foundsecrets

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

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TH16126Detected presence of software components that can access user identity information.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

Did you know...

TH17127Detected presence of files containing URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ14160Detected Windows executable files that embed PDB files whose integrity is verified with an insecure hashing algorithm.Causes risk: outdated toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ20119Detected digital signatures that rely on a weak digest algorithm for integrity validation.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

SQ34203Detected presence of hardcoded debug databases.Causes risk: debugging symbols foundsecrets

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps

TH16126Detected presence of software components that can access user identity information.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in NuGet community

Next steps