Spectra Assure

warningRisk: Secrets

Scanned:

bitcoinlib

Artifact:

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Bitcoin cryptocurrency Library

License: unknown

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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

1 copyleft licensed components

Secrets

8 web service credentials found

Security

Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities detected

Hardening

No application hardening issues

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

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Copyleft licenses in particular impose substantial restrictions on the licensee. They typically require that any derived works, and even software code that merely interacts with copyleft code, be licensed under the same license. Since copyleft licenses are commonly applied to open source code, their inclusion requires that the entire software package becomes open sourced. For commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of copyleft code is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in PyPI community

4 packages

found in

Top 100

42 packages

found in

Top 1k

659 packages

found in

Top 10k

89.98k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package includes a copyleft component.

Investigate if the software publisher provides this component under a non-copyleft license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with commercial use.

Problem

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Some software licenses place restrictions on software distribution of the code they apply to. These restrictions may extend to the services built upon the code licensed under such restrictive licenses. Some restrictive licenses explicitly state that the licensee may not provide the software to third parties as a hosted or managed service, where the service provides users with access to any substantial set of the features or functionality of the licensed software. When building commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of any code that may impose limits on software distribution is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in PyPI community

7 packages

found in

Top 100

82 packages

found in

Top 1k

1208 packages

found in

Top 10k

109.57k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package references a component or a dependency with a restrictive license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with organization policy.

Problem

Various network communication protocols allow including plaintext authentication credentials. Information such as user names and passwords could be passed through a non-encrypted channel, and therefore intercepted by malicious actors. Credentials are considered secrets, and should be kept encrypted until they are used. This policy control matches the following URI pattern protocol://username:password@domain within any software package component.

Prevalence in PyPI community

21 packages

found in

Top 100

86 packages

found in

Top 1k

378 packages

found in

Top 10k

7.36k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the reported matches. If the warning refers to a placeholder credential value, it can be safely ignored.

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. Top-level domains (TLD) are a part of the Domain Name System (DNS), and are used to lookup an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a requested website. There are a few different types of top-level domains. Generic, sponsored and country-code TLDs are generally accessible to the public. Registrars that govern the assignment of domain names within the TLD may choose to sell specific domain names to an interested party. However, some registrars are known to have less strict rules for assigning domain names. Attackers often abuse gaps in governance and actively seek to register their malicious domains in such TLDs. This issue is raised for all domains registered within TLDs that harbor an excessive number of malicious sites. While the presence of suspicious TLDs does not imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved.

Prevalence in PyPI community

12 packages

found in

Top 100

90 packages

found in

Top 1k

503 packages

found in

Top 10k

15.92k 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 changing the top-level domain to avoid being flagged by security solutions.

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. A port number is associated with a network address of a host, such as an IP address, and the type of network protocol used for communication. Within URLs, the ports are optional. Ports can be specified in a URL immediately following the domain name. Each network protocol, or schema, has a set of standard ports on which the service operates. This issue is raised when a mismatch between a network protocol and its expected port number is detected. While the presence of non-standard ports does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved.

Prevalence in PyPI community

35 packages

found in

Top 100

271 packages

found in

Top 1k

1732 packages

found in

Top 10k

61.12k 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 changing the port to one that is standard for the networking protocol.

Problem

Private keys and certificates are considered sensitive information that should not be included in released software packages. However, developers frequently release sensitive information alongside their applications to facilitate automated software testing. Testing keys and certificates often proliferate through the software supply chain. When such information gets shared publicly, it is catalogued by file reputation databases. Any private key and certificate files seen by a file reputation database prior to configured time threshold can be automatically suppressed. Commonly shared sensitive information is not considered to be secret.

Prevalence in PyPI community

37 packages

found in

Top 100

169 packages

found in

Top 1k

753 packages

found in

Top 10k

16.54k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the commonly shared sensitive information for evidence of inadvertently exposed secrets.

If the keys were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke the keys and file a security incident.

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

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

4 packages

found in

Top 100

42 packages

found in

Top 1k

659 packages

found in

Top 10k

89.98k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package includes a copyleft component.

Investigate if the software publisher provides this component under a non-copyleft license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with commercial use.

Problem

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Some software licenses place restrictions on software distribution of the code they apply to. These restrictions may extend to the services built upon the code licensed under such restrictive licenses. Some restrictive licenses explicitly state that the licensee may not provide the software to third parties as a hosted or managed service, where the service provides users with access to any substantial set of the features or functionality of the licensed software. When building commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of any code that may impose limits on software distribution is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in PyPI community

7 packages

found in

Top 100

82 packages

found in

Top 1k

1208 packages

found in

Top 10k

109.57k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package references a component or a dependency with a restrictive license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with organization policy.

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

21 packages

found in

Top 100

86 packages

found in

Top 1k

378 packages

found in

Top 10k

7.36k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the reported matches. If the warning refers to a placeholder credential value, it can be safely ignored.

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

12 packages

found in

Top 100

90 packages

found in

Top 1k

503 packages

found in

Top 10k

15.92k 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 changing the top-level domain to avoid being flagged by security solutions.

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. A port number is associated with a network address of a host, such as an IP address, and the type of network protocol used for communication. Within URLs, the ports are optional. Ports can be specified in a URL immediately following the domain name. Each network protocol, or schema, has a set of standard ports on which the service operates. This issue is raised when a mismatch between a network protocol and its expected port number is detected. While the presence of non-standard ports does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved.

Prevalence in PyPI community

35 packages

found in

Top 100

271 packages

found in

Top 1k

1732 packages

found in

Top 10k

61.12k 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 changing the port to one that is standard for the networking protocol.

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

37 packages

found in

Top 100

169 packages

found in

Top 1k

753 packages

found in

Top 10k

16.54k packages

in community

Next steps

Review the commonly shared sensitive information for evidence of inadvertently exposed secrets.

If the keys were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke the keys and file a security incident.

bitcoinlib

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

SQ12101Detected presence of software components distributed with copyleft licenses.Causes risk: copyleft licensed componentslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

SQ12405Detected presence of licenses that place restrictions on software distribution.Causes risk: software distribution restrictionslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

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SQ34302Detected presence of plaintext credentials within network protocol strings.Causes risk: web service credentials foundsecrets

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

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TH17118Detected presence of files containing URLs that use suspicious top-level domains.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

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TH17115Detected presence of files containing URLs that use non-standard ports.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

SQ34101Detected presence of commonly distributed sensitive data.secrets

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

Did you know...

SQ12101Detected presence of software components distributed with copyleft licenses.Causes risk: copyleft licensed componentslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

SQ12405Detected presence of licenses that place restrictions on software distribution.Causes risk: software distribution restrictionslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

SQ34302Detected presence of plaintext credentials within network protocol strings.Causes risk: web service credentials foundsecrets

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

TH17118Detected presence of files containing URLs that use suspicious top-level domains.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

TH17115Detected presence of files containing URLs that use non-standard ports.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps

SQ34101Detected presence of commonly distributed sensitive data.secrets

Problem

Prevalence in PyPI community

Next steps