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 RubyGems community
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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.
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 RubyGems community
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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
Might evaluate code dynamically.
anomaly
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
58 packages
found in
Top 1k
574 packages
found in
Top 10k
7220 packages
in community
Enumerates environment variables.
search
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
72 packages
found in
Top 100
483 packages
found in
Top 1k
3269 packages
found in
Top 10k
37528 packages
in community
Opens a URL.
network
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
21 packages
found in
Top 100
63 packages
found in
Top 1k
606 packages
found in
Top 10k
7987 packages
in community
Makes HTTP GET requests.
network
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
94 packages
found in
Top 1k
1085 packages
found in
Top 10k
13008 packages
in community
Sets a JavaScript interval, which repeatedly executes code.
execution
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
50 packages
found in
Top 1k
571 packages
found in
Top 10k
7115 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.