Packages less than 10 lines of code are easily copied into your own project and may not warrant the additional supply chain risk of an external dependency.

Found 4 instances in 4 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 5 instances in 5 packages

Network access

Supply chain risk

This module accesses the network.

Found 5 instances in 5 packages

Deprecated

Maintenance

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 This could indicate that a single version should not be used, or that the package is no longer maintained and any new vulnerabilities will not be fixed.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 1 instance in 1 package

AI-detected possible typosquat

Supply chain risk

There is a package with a similar name that is downloaded much more often.

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Potential vulnerability

Supply chain risk

Initial human review suggests the presence of a vulnerability in this package. It is pending further analysis and confirmation.

Found 1 instance in 1 package

Unmaintained

Maintenance

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

Found 58 instances in 58 packages

Filesystem access

Supply chain risk

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

Found 10 instances in 10 packages

URL strings

Supply chain risk

Package contains fragments of external URLs or IP addresses, which the package may be accessing at runtime.

Found 19 instances in 18 packages

Environment variable access

Supply chain risk

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

Found 12 instances in 12 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 15 instances in 15 packages

Debug access

Supply chain risk

Uses debug, reflection and dynamic code execution features.

Found 5 instances in 5 packages

AI-detected potential code anomaly

Supply chain risk

AI has identified unusual behaviors that may pose a security risk.

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 4 instances in 4 packages