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platformio

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latest
Top 10k
Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence. Unlock the true potential of embedded software development with PlatformIO's collaborative ecosystem, embracing declarative principles, test-driven methodologies, and modern toolchains for unrivaled success.
License: unknown
Published: 10 months ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
1 severe vulnerabilities exploited
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

32.41M
Total Downloads
3
Contributors
14
Declared Dependencies
15
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known severe vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported high or critical severity vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors.

Prevalence in PyPI community

35 packages
found in
Top 100
210 packages
found in
Top 1k
1787 packages
found in
Top 10k
86.39k packages
in community

Next steps

We strongly advise updating the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as high severity.

Prevalence in PyPI community

42 packages
found in
Top 100
278 packages
found in
Top 1k
1960 packages
found in
Top 10k
77.08k packages
in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

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 PyPI community

36 packages
found in
Top 100
219 packages
found in
Top 1k
1678 packages
found in
Top 10k
63.41k 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

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.

Prevalence in PyPI community

36 packages
found in
Top 100
209 packages
found in
Top 1k
1750 packages
found in
Top 10k
81.53k packages
in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

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. Open source communities depend on the work of thousands of software developers that volunteer their time to maintain software components. Software developers build up the reputation of their open source projects by developing in public. Modern source code repositories have many social features that allow software developers to handle bug reports, have discussions with their users, and convey reaching significant project milestones. It is uncommon to find open source projects that omit linking their component to a publicly accessible source code repository.

Prevalence in PyPI community

70 packages
found in
Top 100
472 packages
found in
Top 1k
4207 packages
found in
Top 10k
413.79k 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

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Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
34 packages
found in
Top 100
186 packages
found in
Top 1k
1071 packages
found in
Top 10k
27.02k packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
36 packages
found in
Top 100
281 packages
found in
Top 1k
1802 packages
found in
Top 10k
66.4k packages
in community

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
39 packages
found in
Top 100
252 packages
found in
Top 1k
1477 packages
found in
Top 10k
53.15k packages
in community

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

Prevalence in PyPI community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
36 packages
found in
Top 100
219 packages
found in
Top 1k
1678 packages
found in
Top 10k
63.42k packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(3 Active Vulnerabilities)
2 (2 Fixable)
CVE-2018-17175m
CVE-2025-54121m
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2025-62727h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated

FAQ for platformio

What is platformio?

Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence. Unlock the true potential of embedded software development with PlatformIO's collaborative ecosystem, embracing declarative principles, test-driven methodologies, and modern toolchains for unrivaled success. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is platformio malicious or is it safe to use?

The Python package platformio was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details.

Is platformio popular?

The Python package platformio ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 32M 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 platformio once it is in my app?

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

Did you know...

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