Supply Chain Security
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Supply chain riskThis module accesses the system shell. Accessing the system shell increases the risk of executing arbitrary code.
Found 1 instance in 1 package
Uses eval
Supply chain riskPackage 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
Critical CVE
Python bytes subclass that decodes hex, with a readable console output
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python -m pip install hexbytes
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hexbytes: Python `bytes` subclass that decodes hex, with a readable console output
We found that hexbytes demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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