Top issues
Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.
hunting
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 PyPI community
1 packages
found in
Top 100
11 packages
found in
Top 1k
910 packages
found in
Top 10k
717.09k 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.
Top behaviors
Contains unusually long strings.
anomaly
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
51 packages
found in
Top 100
408 packages
found in
Top 1k
2829 packages
found in
Top 10k
106.17k packages
in community
Imports the "re" module, which provides regular expression matching operations.
execution
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
86 packages
found in
Top 100
713 packages
found in
Top 1k
5448 packages
found in
Top 10k
222.97k packages
in community
Uses logical functions.
behavior
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
69 packages
found in
Top 100
533 packages
found in
Top 1k
3319 packages
found in
Top 10k
94.48k packages
in community
Converts a number to its Unicode character representation.
behavior
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
40 packages
found in
Top 100
227 packages
found in
Top 1k
1155 packages
found in
Top 10k
26.89k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.