@jacebenson/jsn@4.3.6

⚠ Under review

A command-line interface for ServiceNow that follows the Unix philosophy: simple, composable, and scriptable.

Static Scan Results

scanned 15d ago · by rust-scanner

Static analysis completed at 97.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 16 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Decision evidence

public snapshot

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedTelemetryUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 85 file(s), 860 KB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, dev12345.service-now.com, dev328604.service-now.com, github.com, raw.githubusercontent.com, registry.npmjs.org, store.servicenow.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

7 flagged

scripts/release.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2import { execSync } from 'child_process';

3import { readFileSync } from 'fs';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

scripts/release.jsView on unpkg · L1

4import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

5import { dirname, join } from 'path';

7const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));

8const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'), 'utf8'));

10const type = process.argv[2];

11if (!type || !['patch', 'minor', 'major'].includes(type)) {

12 console.error('Usage: npm run release -- <patch|minor|major>');

13 process.exit(1);

14}

16let branch;

17try {

18 branch = execSync('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim();

19} catch {

20 console.error('Error: Not in a git repository');

21 process.exit(1);

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @jacebenson/jsn@3.3.1 matchedPath = scripts/release.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGphY2ViZW5zb24vanNu:3.3.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

scripts/release.jsView on unpkg

src/commands/skill.jsView file

Lines 1-39javascript

1import fs from 'node:fs';

2import path from 'node:path';

3import os from 'node:os';

4import process from 'node:process';

scripts/pre-commit-check.shView file

•path = scripts/pre-commit-check.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 1780 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

scripts/pre-commit-check.shView on unpkg

src/cli.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 3

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

src/cli.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

src/commands/docs/public/vendor/marked.min.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @mindexec/cli@0.2.478 matchedPath = wwwroot/_content/MindExecution.Shared/js/marked.min.js matchedIdentity = npm:QG1pbmRleGVjL2NsaQ:0.2.478 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

src/commands/docs/public/vendor/marked.min.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

7 flagged · loading source

scripts/release.jsView file

1#!/usr/bin/env node L2: import { execSync } from 'child_process'; L3: import { readFileSync } from 'fs';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

scripts/release.jsView on unpkg · L1

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

scripts/release.jsView on unpkg

src/commands/skill.jsView file

19L20: const SKILL_RAW_URL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.[redacted].md'; L21: ... L29: try { L30: const result = execSync('getent passwd ' + process.env.USER + ' 2>/dev/null', { encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 3000 }); L31: const home = result.trim().split(':')[5];

Findings

7 High4 Medium5 Low

HighChild Processscripts/release.js

HighShell

HighSame File Env Network Executionsrc/commands/skill.js

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitysrc/commands/skill.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedsrc/cli.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighKnown Malware Source Similarityscripts/release.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritysrc/commands/docs/public/vendor/marked.min.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helperscripts/pre-commit-check.sh

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @jacebenson/jsn@4.3.6.

See all versions of @jacebenson/jsn for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @jacebenson/jsn@4.3.6 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-08 01:32:05.298Z (UTC).

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