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npm

Artifact:
latest
npm support for VS Code
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: over 3 years ago
Publisher: eg2
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

7.47M
Total Installs
1
Contributor
3
Declared Dependencies
54
Dependents

Top issues

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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. 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.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
679 packages
found in
Top 1k
4393 packages
found in
Top 10k
30.42k packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
77 packages
found in
Top 100
612 packages
found in
Top 1k
3282 packages
found in
Top 10k
18.03k packages
in community

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

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
661 packages
found in
Top 1k
3774 packages
found in
Top 10k
22.06k packages
in community

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
2267 packages
found in
Top 10k
11.74k packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for npm

What is npm?

npm support for VS Code. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is npm malicious or is it safe to use?

The VS Code package npm was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. No risks were detected, therefore, this version of the package is currently considered as safe to use.

Is npm popular?

The VS Code package npm ranks among the top 1000 projects in this community. It has 7M recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure npm once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how npm behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a npm version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

Did you know...

... that you can use ReversingLabs’ Spectra Assure platform to perform regular risk assessments of packages you develop in-house?

We recommend continuous software safeness monitoring through CI/CD integrations and pre-release/deployment checks. In addition to basic package information found on this page our platform offers rich reports for developers and DevSecOps that help them remediate all reported issues.