Top issues
Problem
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. One or more embedded URLs were discovered to link to raw files hosted on GitHub. Attackers often abuse popular web services to host malicious payloads. Since code-sharing services URLs are typically allowed by security solutions, using them for payload delivery increases the odds that the malicious code will reach the user. While the presence of code-sharing service locations does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. An increasing number of software supply chain attacks in the open source space leverages the GitHub service to deliver malicious payloads.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
78 packages
found in
Top 100
618 packages
found in
Top 1k
4203 packages
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Top 10k
27868 packages
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Next steps
Investigate reported detections.
If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.
Top behaviors
Contains URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
78 packages
found in
Top 100
618 packages
found in
Top 1k
4203 packages
found in
Top 10k
27868 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
Executes a VS Code command.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
625 packages
found in
Top 1k
3822 packages
found in
Top 10k
24018 packages
in community
Writes to files.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
758 packages
found in
Top 1k
5321 packages
found in
Top 10k
40027 packages
in community
Accesses the file system.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
658 packages
found in
Top 1k
4388 packages
found in
Top 10k
29995 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.