---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@eventcatalog/core/v/5.1.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@eventcatalog/core/v/5.1.0.md"
package: "@eventcatalog/core"
report_status: "published"
title: "@eventcatalog/core@5.1.0 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "5.1.0"
---

# @eventcatalog/core@5.1.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 5.1.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

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.

AI assessment: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Source inspection found no lifecycle hook or concrete attack behavior. Scanner flags resolve to package-aligned analytics, configured GitHub federation, local search-index work and ordinary rendering code.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 92.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-18T02:36:53.066Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-18T02:38:02.633Z
- **Download time:** 3041 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2228 ms
- **AI review time:** 64296 ms
- **Total time:** 69567 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

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No malicious attack surface was identified. The inspected network calls support EventCatalog analytics and configured GitHub federation, while the flagged runtime operations serve local search indexing.

- **Trigger:** The CLI runs a user-requested development, build or start command; optional cloud analytics runs when enabled in the project configuration.

- **Impact:** No unauthorized account action, credential export or harmful execution was established from the inspected source.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-18T02:38:02.633Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The CLI sends build metadata to analytics and uses supplied GitHub tokens for GitHub content requests. Search code loads a generated local index, and the examples viewer renders code.

- **Rationale:** Source inspection found no lifecycle hook or concrete attack behavior. Scanner flags resolve to package-aligned analytics, configured GitHub federation, local search-index work and ordinary rendering code.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 92.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** package.json exposes a CLI entry and has no preinstall, install or postinstall hook; the bin imports the CLI., The CLI sends build metadata to an analytics service, with environment and configuration opt-outs; its catalog fingerprint is a hash., Cloud inventory reporting requires analytics to be enabled with a tracking ID and write key in the project configuration., GitHub federation uses configured GitHub tokens for content requests to GitHub endpoints., The reported account-operation locations generate and update local search indexes, including when Markdown files change., The reported dynamic import loads the generated Pagefind search module; the examples viewer renders code with a syntax highlighter.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @eventcatalog/core@5.1.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of @eventcatalog/core@5.1.0 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@5.1.0/eventcatalog/src/components/Search/SearchModal.tsx>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```tsx
L138: const loadPagefindModule = (url: string) => {
L139: const nativeImport = new Function('url', 'return import(url)') as (url: string) => Promise<PagefindModule>;
L140: 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@5.1.0/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@5.1.0/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_path22 = require("path");
L33: var import_node_http = __toESM(require("http"), 1);
L34: var import_fs = __toESM(require("fs"), 1);
...
L80: }`;
L81: (0, import_node_module.register)(`data:text/javascript,${encodeURIComponent(hook)}`);
L82: };
...
L84: try {
L85: const packageJson = JSON.parse(await (0, import_promises.readFile)(import_node_path.default.join(projectDirectory, "package.json"), "utf-8"));
L86: return packageJson?.type === "commonjs";
...
L290: }
```

### 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. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 11. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** eventcatalog/src/components/SchemaExplorer/ExamplesViewer.tsx\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@eventcatalog/core@5.1.0/eventcatalog/src/components/SchemaExplorer/ExamplesViewer.tsx%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 3
```

### 12. Low: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 92.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@eventcatalog/core@5.1.0/package.json>)

package.json exposes a CLI entry and has no preinstall, install or postinstall hook; the bin imports the CLI.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
"version": "5.1.0",
  "publishConfig": {
    "access": "public"
  },
  "bin": {
    "eventcatalog": "bin/eventcatalog.js"
  },
  "typesVersions": {
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 98
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 26
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 98

### Published dependency entries
- @ai-sdk/react ^4.0.109 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/markdown-remark ^7.3.2 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/mdx ^8.0.3 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/node ^11.1.7 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/react ^7.0.1 (Dependency)
- @astrojs/rss ^4.0.19 (Dependency)
- @asyncapi/avro-schema-parser 3.0.24 (Dependency)
- @asyncapi/parser ^3.6.0 (Dependency)
- @asyncapi/react-component 3.2.1 (Dependency)
- @auth/core ^0.41.3 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/exporters 0.0.2 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/license ^0.0.9 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/linter 1.2.1 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/sdk 2.30.0 (Dependency)
- @eventcatalog/visualiser ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- @fontsource/inter ^5.2.5 (Dependency)
- @headlessui/react ^2.0.3 (Dependency)
- @heroicons/react ^2.1.3 (Dependency)
- @hocuspocus/provider ^4.7.0 (Dependency)
- @hocuspocus/server ^4.7.0 (Dependency)
- @iconify-json/logos ^1.2.4 (Dependency)
- @mcp-b/webmcp-polyfill 5.1.0 (Dependency)
- @mermaid-js/layout-elk ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps ^1.7.5 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.32.0 (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 ^12.12.0 (Dependency)
- ai ^7.0.106 (Dependency)
- astro 7.3.8 (Dependency)
- astro-expressive-code ^0.44.0 (Dependency)
- astro-seo ^1.2.0 (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)
- diff ^8.0.3 (Dependency)
- diff2html ^3.4.56 (Dependency)
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- elkjs ^0.10.0 (Dependency)
- glob ^13.0.6 (Dependency)
- gray-matter ^4.0.3 (Dependency)
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- html-to-image ^1.11.11 (Dependency)
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- js-yaml ^4.3.2 (Dependency)
- jsonpath-plus ^10.4.0 (Dependency)
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- 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)
- parse5 ^7.3.0 (Dependency)
- picocolors ^1.1.1 (Dependency)
- picomatch ^4.0.4 (Dependency)
- react ^19.2.0 (Dependency)
- react-dom ^19.2.0 (Dependency)
- react-hotkeys-hook ^5.3.3 (Dependency)
- react-markdown ^10.1.0 (Dependency)
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- y-protocols ^1.0.7 (Dependency)
- yjs ^13.6.33 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.6.6 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @eventcatalog/core
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 5.1.0
- **License:** BUSL-1.1
- **Version published:** 2026-10-15T14:05:47.856Z
- **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:** 1619
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 15,276,329 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@eventcatalog/core/v/5.1.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/event-catalog/eventcatalog/issues>)
