Issues - DCM - Visual Studio Code | ReversingLabs Spectra Assure Community

List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

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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 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

25 packages

found in

Top 100

151 packages

found in

Top 1k

793 packages

found in

Top 10k

3.71k 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

53 packages

found in

Top 100

442 packages

found in

Top 1k

3405 packages

found in

Top 10k

57.88k 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.

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

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DCM

SAFE Assessment

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Security

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TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

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TH30112Detected presence of software components without a declared source code repository.hunting

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TH30106Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.hunting

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

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TH30112Detected presence of software components without a declared source code repository.hunting

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

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