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CircuitPython

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latest
Top 10k
CircuitPython for Visual Studio Code
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: almost 2 years ago

Publisher: joedevivo



SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
2 software distribution restrictions
Secrets
1 debugging symbols found

Security

Vulnerabilities
5 severe vulnerabilities exploited
Hardening
2 baseline mitigations missing

Threats

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

Popularity

72.24k
Total Installs
Contributor
Declared Dependencies
0
Dependents

Top issues

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known severe vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported high or critical severity vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

71 packages
found in
Top 100
568 packages
found in
Top 1k
3198 packages
found in
Top 10k
16595 packages
in community

Next steps

We strongly advise updating the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX) is a vulnerability mitigation option that prevents data from being interpreted as code anywhere within the application. This mitigation protects the application stack, heap and other memory data ranges. Executable files that fail to implement this mitigation expose the user to increased risks of malicious code injection.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

10 packages
found in
Top 100
83 packages
found in
Top 1k
299 packages
found in
Top 10k
1003 packages
in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.
To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.
In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable DEP mitigation by setting the linker option /NXCOMPAT to ON.

Problem

Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Imported function addresses are pointers to the symbols that implement the application-required functionality. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

20 packages
found in
Top 100
156 packages
found in
Top 1k
474 packages
found in
Top 10k
1793 packages
in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Thread local storage (TLS) callbacks are pointers to code initialization and resource release functions. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

13 packages
found in
Top 100
101 packages
found in
Top 1k
347 packages
found in
Top 10k
1272 packages
in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

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 high severity.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

72 packages
found in
Top 100
583 packages
found in
Top 1k
3344 packages
found in
Top 10k
17282 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

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
535 packages
found in
Top 1k
2853 packages
found in
Top 10k
14133 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
42 packages
found in
Top 100
313 packages
found in
Top 1k
1548 packages
found in
Top 10k
7212 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
85 packages
found in
Top 100
673 packages
found in
Top 1k
4329 packages
found in
Top 10k
28768 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
81 packages
found in
Top 100
631 packages
found in
Top 1k
3887 packages
found in
Top 10k
24357 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
73 packages
found in
Top 100
573 packages
found in
Top 1k
3170 packages
found in
Top 10k
17492 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(12 Active Vulnerabilities)
3 (3 Fixable)
CVE-2025-59343h
CVE-2025-48387h
CVE-2024-28849m
9 (9 Fixable)
CVE-2024-12905h
CVE-2024-39338h
CVE-2024-4068h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated