The maintainer of the package marked it as deprecated. This could indicate that a single version should not be used, or that the package is no longer maintained and any new vulnerabilities will not be fixed.

Found 2 instances in 2 packages

Uses eval

Supply chain risk

Package uses dynamic code execution (e.g., eval()), which is a dangerous practice. This can prevent the code from running in certain environments and increases the risk that the code may contain exploits or malicious behavior.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Network access

Supply chain risk

This module accesses the network.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Shell access

Supply chain risk

This module accesses the system shell. Accessing the system shell increases the risk of executing arbitrary code.

Found 5 instances in 5 packages

Unmaintained

Maintenance

Package has not been updated in more than 5 years and may be unmaintained. Problems with the package may go unaddressed.

Found 17 instances in 17 packages

Debug access

Supply chain risk

Uses debug, reflection and dynamic code execution features.

Found 4 instances in 4 packages

Filesystem access

Supply chain risk

Accesses the file system, and could potentially read sensitive data.

Found 17 instances in 17 packages

Copyleft License

License

(Experimental) Copyleft license information was found.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Non-permissive License

License

(Experimental) A license not known to be considered permissive was found.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Dynamic require

Supply chain risk

Dynamic require can indicate the package is performing dangerous or unsafe dynamic code execution.

Found 7 instances in 7 packages

Environment variable access

Supply chain risk

Package accesses environment variables, which may be a sign of credential stuffing or data theft.

Found 16 instances in 16 packages

New author

Supply chain risk

A new npm collaborator published a version of the package for the first time. New collaborators are usually benign additions to a project, but do indicate a change to the security surface area of a package.

Found 6 instances in 6 packages