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.
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
Copies a file/directory.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
555 packages
found in
Top 1k
2989 packages
found in
Top 10k
15.95k 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)
83 packages
found in
Top 100
636 packages
found in
Top 1k
4818 packages
found in
Top 10k
69.19k packages
in community
Registers a VS Code command which can later be executed.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
716 packages
found in
Top 1k
5445 packages
found in
Top 10k
75.73k packages
in community
Retrieves all available VS Code commands.
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
109 packages
found in
Top 1k
366 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.94k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.