---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@eventcatalog/core/v/4.9.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@eventcatalog/core/v/4.9.0.md"
package: "@eventcatalog/core"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@eventcatalog/core@4.9.0 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "4.9.0"
---

# @eventcatalog/core@4.9.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 11 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 4.9.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

Static analysis flagged 11 finding(s) at 93.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-28T12:28:50.193Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-28T12:28:54.390Z
- **Download time:** 1259 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2936 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 4197 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @eventcatalog/core@4.9.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of @eventcatalog/core@4.9.0 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** eventcatalog/src/components/Search/SearchModal.tsx
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@eventcatalog/core@4.9.0/eventcatalog/src/components/Search/SearchModal.tsx>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```tsx
L137: const loadPagefindModule = (url: string) => {
L138: const nativeImport = new Function('url', 'return import(url)') as (url: string) => Promise<PagefindModule>;
L139: return nativeImport(url);
```

### 3. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/migrations/message-channels-to-service-channels.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@eventcatalog/core@4.9.0/dist/migrations/message-channels-to-service-channels.cjs>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L35: module.exports = __toCommonJS(message_channels_to_service_channels_exports);
L36: var import_node_fs = __toESM(require("fs"), 1);
L37: var import_glob = require("glob");
```

### 4. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 5. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 6. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/eventcatalog.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@eventcatalog/core@4.9.0/dist/eventcatalog.cjs>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L30: var import_commander = require("commander");
L31: var import_node_child_process2 = require("child_process");
L32: var import_node_path17 = require("path");
L33: var import_node_http = __toESM(require("http"), 1);
L34: var import_fs3 = __toESM(require("fs"), 1);
...
L88: let configFilePath = import_node_path.default.join(projectDirectory, "eventcatalog.config.js");
L89: const filePath = import_node_path.default.join(projectDirectory, "package.json");
L90: const packageJson = JSON.parse(await (0, import_promises.readFile)(filePath, "utf-8"));
L91: if (packageJson?.type !== "module") {
...
L279: event: "@eventcatalog/eventcatalog",
L280: metadata: {
L281: ...eventData,
```

### 8. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 9. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 10. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 11. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/eventcatalog.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@eventcatalog/core@4.9.0/dist/eventcatalog.cjs>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @eventcatalog/core@4.6.1
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV2ZW50Y2F0YWxvZy9jb3Jl:4.6.1
similarity = 0.717
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 91
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 27
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 91

### Published dependency entries
- @ai-sdk/react ^3.0.17 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/markdown-remark ^7.2.4 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/mdx ^7.0.8 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/node ^11.1.4 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/react ^6.0.4 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/rss ^4.0.19 (Dependency)
- @asyncapi/avro-schema-parser 3.0.24 (Dependency)
- @asyncapi/parser ^3.6.0 (Dependency)
- @asyncapi/react-component 3.1.0 (Dependency)
- @auth/core ^0.41.3 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/license ^0.0.8 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/linter 1.1.17 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/sdk 2.28.1 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/visualiser ^4.1.3 (Dependency)
- @fontsource/inter ^5.2.5 (Dependency)
- @headlessui/react ^2.0.3 (Dependency)
- @heroicons/react ^2.1.3 (Dependency)
- @iconify-json/logos ^1.2.4 (Dependency)
- @mermaid-js/layout-elk ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.26.0 (Dependency)
- @nanostores/react ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- @parcel/watcher ^2.4.1 (Dependency)
- @radix-ui/react-context-menu ^2.2.6 (Dependency)
- @radix-ui/react-dialog ^1.1.6 (Dependency)
- @radix-ui/react-dropdown-menu ^2.1.12 (Dependency)
- @radix-ui/react-popover ^1.1.15 (Dependency)
- @radix-ui/react-tooltip ^1.1.8 (Dependency)
- @scalar/api-reference-react ^0.9.36 (Dependency)
- @tailwindcss/typography ^0.5.16 (Dependency)
- @tailwindcss/vite ^4.3.1 (Dependency)
- @tanstack/react-table ^8.17.3 (Dependency)
- @xyflow/react ^12.3.6 (Dependency)
- ai ^6.0.17 (Dependency)
- astro ^7.2.8 (Dependency)
- astro-expressive-code ^0.44.0 (Dependency)
- astro-seo ^0.8.4 (Dependency)
- auth-astro ^4.2.0 (Dependency)
- boxen ^8.0.1 (Dependency)
- commander ^12.1.0 (Dependency)
- cross-env ^7.0.3 (Dependency)
- d3-drag 3.0.0 (Dependency)
- d3-force 3.0.0 (Dependency)
- d3-selection 3.0.0 (Dependency)
- d3-zoom 3.0.0 (Dependency)
- dagre ^0.8.5 (Dependency)
- diff ^8.0.3 (Dependency)
- diff2html ^3.4.56 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^16.5.0 (Dependency)
- elkjs ^0.10.0 (Dependency)
- glob ^13.0.6 (Dependency)
- gray-matter ^4.0.3 (Dependency)
- hono 4.13.0 (Dependency)
- html-to-image ^1.11.11 (Dependency)
- js-yaml ^4.3.1 (Dependency)
- jsonpath-plus ^10.4.0 (Dependency)
- jsonwebtoken ^9.0.2 (Dependency)
- lodash.debounce ^4.0.8 (Dependency)
- lodash.merge 4.6.2 (Dependency)
- lucide-react ^0.453.0 (Dependency)
- marked ^15.0.6 (Dependency)
- mdast-util-find-and-replace ^3.0.2 (Dependency)
- mermaid ^11.16.1 (Dependency)
- minisearch ^7.2.0 (Dependency)
- nanostores ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- pagefind ^1.5.2 (Dependency)
- pako ^2.1.0 (Dependency)
- picocolors ^1.1.1 (Dependency)
- picomatch ^4.0.4 (Dependency)
- react ^18.3.1 (Dependency)
- react-dom ^18.3.1 (Dependency)
- react-markdown ^10.1.0 (Dependency)
- react-syntax-highlighter ^16.1.1 (Dependency)
- recast ^0.23.11 (Dependency)
- rehype-autolink-headings ^7.1.0 (Dependency)
- rehype-expressive-code ^0.44.0 (Dependency)
- rehype-slug ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- remark-comment ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- remark-directive ^3.0.0 (Dependency)
- remark-gfm ^4.0.1 (Dependency)
- rimraf ^6.1.3 (Dependency)
- semver 7.6.3 (Dependency)
- shelljs ^0.9.0 (Dependency)
- sonner ^2.0.7 (Dependency)
- sql.js ^1.12.0 (Dependency)
- svg-pan-zoom ^3.6.2 (Dependency)
- tailwindcss ^4.3.1 (Dependency)
- typescript ^5.4.5 (Dependency)
- unist-util-visit ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- update-notifier ^7.3.1 (Dependency)
- uuid ^11.1.1 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.3.6 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @eventcatalog/core
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.9.0
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-08-28T12:27:49.046Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T04:09:07.694Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T14:01:31.368Z
- **Known versions:** 60
- **Latest version:** 5.8.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** \<div align="center"\>
- **Maintainers:** boyney123
- **Artifact files:** 1201
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 7,103,397 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@eventcatalog/core/v/4.9.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog/issues>)
