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
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.
Detected presence of medium severity vulnerabilities.
Causes risk: medium severity vulnerabilities
vulnerabilities
Problem
Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
64 packages
found in
Top 100
530 packages
found in
Top 1k
2998 packages
found in
Top 10k
16.52k packages
in community
Next steps
Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.
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
found in
Top 100
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
6746 packages
found in
Top 10k
87.76k packages
in community
Deletes a file/directory.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
689 packages
found in
Top 1k
4408 packages
found in
Top 10k
26.57k packages
in community
Registers a listener that can execute code when the state of visible text editors is changed.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
60 packages
found in
Top 100
437 packages
found in
Top 1k
2109 packages
found in
Top 10k
11.61k packages
in community
Registers a listener that can execute code when a document is either closed, opened, or saved.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
63 packages
found in
Top 100
429 packages
found in
Top 1k
2028 packages
found in
Top 10k
10.77k packages
in community
Contains unusually long strings.
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
731 packages
found in
Top 1k
4953 packages
found in
Top 10k
34.9k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(1 Active Vulnerabilities)
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2024-55565m
None
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated