Top issues
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 Visual Studio Code community
57 packages
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Top 100
447 packages
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3421 packages
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56684 packages
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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
Executes files during installation or upon launch.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
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Top 100
834 packages
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Top 1k
6690 packages
found in
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83799 packages
in community
Enumerates system information.
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
83 packages
found in
Top 100
630 packages
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3362 packages
found in
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17564 packages
in community
The software package does not declare any source code repository.
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
57 packages
found in
Top 100
447 packages
found in
Top 1k
3421 packages
found in
Top 10k
56684 packages
in community
The VS Code extension has an activation function that executes code.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
643 packages
found in
Top 1k
4790 packages
found in
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66215 packages
in community
Uses the VS Code "workspace" namespace for managing the current workspace.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
87 packages
found in
Top 100
746 packages
found in
Top 1k
5443 packages
found in
Top 10k
44210 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.