Top issues
Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.
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 being the first to try out a new project 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 Visual Studio Code community
12 packages
found in
Top 100
62 packages
found in
Top 1k
231 packages
found in
Top 10k
638 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.
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
found in
Top 100
447 packages
found in
Top 1k
3421 packages
found in
Top 10k
56684 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
Encodes data using the Base16 algorithm.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
83 packages
found in
Top 100
638 packages
found in
Top 1k
3956 packages
found in
Top 10k
23785 packages
in community
Decodes data using the Base16 algorithm.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
70 packages
found in
Top 100
529 packages
found in
Top 1k
2780 packages
found in
Top 10k
13531 packages
in community
Executes files during installation or upon launch.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
found in
Top 100
834 packages
found in
Top 1k
6690 packages
found in
Top 10k
83799 packages
in community
Starts a TCP or IPC server listening for incoming connections.
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
465 packages
found in
Top 1k
2141 packages
found in
Top 10k
9510 packages
in community
Creates a TCP or IPC server.
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
473 packages
found in
Top 1k
2220 packages
found in
Top 10k
9878 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.