@carbon/react@1.120.0
React components for the Carbon Design System
AI Security Review
scanned 7h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe default postinstall runs telemetry against the IBM metrics endpoint with JSX element collection enabled. No evidence establishes credential theft or unrelated data collection, so this is warning-level telemetry rather than a publish block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Package installation, through the postinstall script.
Impact
Sends telemetry without an explicit install-time opt-in; the inspected config does not establish that credentials or unrelated file contents are collected.
Mechanism
The script invokes `ibmtelemetry` with `telemetry.yml`, which configures JSX element collection and the IBM metrics endpoint.
AI rationale
The default postinstall runs telemetry against the IBM metrics endpoint with JSX element collection enabled. No evidence establishes credential theft or unrelated data collection, so this is warning-level telemetry rather than a publish block.
Evidence
package.jsontelemetry.yml
Network endpoints1
www-api.ibm.com/ibm-telemetry/v1/metrics
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package runs `ibmtelemetry --config=telemetry.yml` automatically in its postinstall hook.
- The telemetry config targets `www-api.ibm.com/ibm-telemetry/v1/metrics` and enables JSX element collection.
- The config sets npm dependency collection to null and JavaScript functions and tokens to empty or null values.
Evidence against
- The package is a React component library, and its main entry is a JavaScript module.
- Searches of the `lib` and `es` entry trees found no `ibmtelemetry` reference.
- The configured collection is scoped to JSX elements; the inspected config does not show credential collection.
Behavioral surface
EnvironmentVars
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = ibmtelemetry --config=telemetry.yml
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = ibmtelemetry --config=telemetry.yml
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkg42"postinstall": "ibmtelemetry --config=telemetry.yml",
"storybook": "storybook dev -p 3011",
"storybook:build": "
Medium
Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
The package runs `ibmtelemetry --config=telemetry.yml` automatically in its postinstall hook.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L42telemetry.ymlView file
Findings
1 High5 Medium3 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
MediumAi Review Evidencetelemetry.yml
MediumSuspicious Dependency Evidencetelemetry.yml
LowScripts Present
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @carbon/react@1.120.0.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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