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cachetools

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Extensible memoizing collections and decorators
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: 30 days 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
No evidence of malware inclusion

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

Popularity

7.98B
Total Downloads
1
Contributor
0
Declared Dependencies
2.67k
Dependents

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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. Some open source repositories allow the developers to take down software component versions that they have published. For open source projects, version unpublishing is uncommon. Versions are typically removed due to a security incident, such as malicious code tampering or accidental development secrets exposure. Software developers often prioritize taking down such packages before informing the community that they have experienced a security incident. Therefore, it is prudent to review the reasons behind software version removals as these events might be a signal of an ongoing software supply chain attack.

Prevalence in PyPI community

47 packages
found in
Top 100
238 packages
found in
Top 1k
1834 packages
found in
Top 10k
89.18k packages
in community

Next steps

Review software component documentation for the reasons behind the recent version removal.
If the software version was removed due to a security incident, 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 that their versions are pinned.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
44 packages
found in
Top 100
284 packages
found in
Top 1k
1579 packages
found in
Top 10k
43.79k packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
70 packages
found in
Top 100
512 packages
found in
Top 1k
4075 packages
found in
Top 10k
209.38k packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
55 packages
found in
Top 100
355 packages
found in
Top 1k
2267 packages
found in
Top 10k
79.55k packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
53 packages
found in
Top 100
354 packages
found in
Top 1k
2333 packages
found in
Top 10k
94.06k packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for cachetools

What is cachetools?

Extensible memoizing collections and decorators.

Is cachetools malicious or is it safe to use?

The Python package cachetools was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. No risks were detected, therefore, this version of the package is currently considered as safe to use.

Is cachetools popular?

The Python package cachetools ranks among the top 100 projects in this community. It has 8B 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 cachetools once it is in my app?

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

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