Top issues
Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.
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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. 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 RubyGems community
1 packages
found in
Top 100
98 packages
found in
Top 1k
3817 packages
found in
Top 10k
185.27k 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
Calculates the MD5 hash of data.
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Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
17 packages
found in
Top 100
57 packages
found in
Top 1k
466 packages
found in
Top 10k
6.57k packages
in community
Splits a string using a regular expression.
behavior
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
91 packages
found in
Top 100
621 packages
found in
Top 1k
7037 packages
found in
Top 10k
160.56k packages
in community
Uses string-related functions.
behavior
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
100 packages
found in
Top 100
882 packages
found in
Top 1k
8498 packages
found in
Top 10k
188.54k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.