registry / @netlify/serverless-functions-api / 2.28.0
@netlify/serverless-functions-api@2.28.0
The runtime API for Netlify Functions
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe suspicious scanner signals resolve to OpenTelemetry instrumentation and a platform-specific machine ID detector, with no evidence connecting the detector output to exfiltration or unrelated execution. The package’s explicit instrumentation export and configurable OTEL endpoint fit its stated runtime API purpose.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Tracing initializes when the explicitly exported instrumentation entry point is imported.
Impact
Runtime observability for Netlify Functions; no malicious collection or execution chain was found.
Mechanism
OpenTelemetry exports traces using its configured endpoint; the reviewed machine ID detector runs a platform-specific query.
AI rationale
The suspicious scanner signals resolve to OpenTelemetry instrumentation and a platform-specific machine ID detector, with no evidence connecting the detector output to exfiltration or unrelated execution. The package’s explicit instrumentation export and configurable OTEL endpoint fit its stated runtime API purpose.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package is described as Netlify Functions’ runtime API and explicitly exports a separate OpenTelemetry instrumentation entry point.
- The instrumentation initializes OpenTelemetry tracing and includes function URL and Netlify site attributes, consistent with runtime observability.
- The flagged command execution reads the macOS platform UUID as part of a machine ID detector; the reviewed code shows no connection from that result to an outbound request.
- The OpenTelemetry exporter reads its endpoint from standard OTEL environment configuration.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
9 flaggeddist/telemetry/instrumentation.jsView file
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High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
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L15: `).find(o=>o.includes("IOPlatformUUID"));if(!e)return"";let t=e.split('" = "');if(t.length===2)return t[1].slice(0,-1)}catch(r){S.debug(`error reading machine id: ${r}`)}return""}v...
L16: `).join(`
High
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...
L13: `,NS(a,e),`To resolve the conflict:
L14: `,CS(a,e))}return o}}});var Yd,oU=d(()=>{Yd=class{constructor(e){this._backingStorages=e}record(e,t,o,s){this._backingStorages.forEach(a=>{a.record(e,t,o,s)})}}});var $d,Kd,sU=d(()...
L15: `).find(o=>o.includes("IOPlatformUUID"));if(!e)return"";let t=e.split('" = "');if(t.length===2)return t[1].slice(0,-1)}catch(r){S.debug(`error reading machine id: ${r}`)}return""}v...
Findings
7 High4 Medium6 Low
HighChild Processdist/telemetry/instrumentation.js
HighShelldist/telemetry/instrumentation.js
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/index_server.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/telemetry/instrumentation.js
HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/telemetry/instrumentation.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/telemetry/instrumentation.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/telemetry/instrumentation.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/index_server.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @netlify/serverless-functions-api@2.28.0.
See all versions of @netlify/serverless-functions-api for other recorded verdicts.
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