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
Opens a TCP connection to a remote server.
network
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
17 packages
found in
Top 100
126 packages
found in
Top 1k
796 packages
found in
Top 10k
25.62k packages
in community
Calculates the MD5 hash of data.
file
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
166 packages
found in
Top 1k
1012 packages
found in
Top 10k
29.99k packages
in community
Queries the system time.
settings
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
74 packages
found in
Top 100
598 packages
found in
Top 1k
4564 packages
found in
Top 10k
227.42k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.
packer
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
586 packages
found in
Top 1k
4061 packages
found in
Top 10k
146.39k packages
in community
Uses concurrency functions.
execution
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
30 packages
found in
Top 100
184 packages
found in
Top 1k
1135 packages
found in
Top 10k
51.14k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.