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
Writes to files.
file
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
62 packages
found in
Top 100
578 packages
found in
Top 1k
4231 packages
found in
Top 10k
217.95k packages
in community
Writes data to the STDOUT stream.
execution
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
89 packages
found in
Top 100
714 packages
found in
Top 1k
6590 packages
found in
Top 10k
461.31k packages
in community
Imports the "json" module, which implements functions for manipulating JSON files.
execution
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
58 packages
found in
Top 100
522 packages
found in
Top 1k
4278 packages
found in
Top 10k
241.62k packages
in community
Uses json-related functions.
file
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
57 packages
found in
Top 100
515 packages
found in
Top 1k
4193 packages
found in
Top 10k
230.4k packages
in community
Creates/Opens a file.
file
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
95 packages
found in
Top 100
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
7695 packages
found in
Top 10k
495.5k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.