canvasxpress-cli@68.8.0
Node program to run canvasXpress in the command line
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is not a malicious install hook or credential stealer, but it exposes a real risky browser-execution capability and contains opaque runtime code. Warn rather than block because activation requires an explicit CLI render command.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs a render command with a local file or URL.
Impact
Selected or remote page scripts execute in the browser context and may have broader local-file access than a normally isolated renderer.
Mechanism
Reduced-isolation browser rendering of selected content.
AI rationale
This is not a malicious install hook or credential stealer, but it exposes a real risky browser-execution capability and contains opaque runtime code. Warn rather than block because activation requires an explicit CLI render command.
Evidence
cmds/io.jssrc/canvasXpress.jssrc/canvasXpress.htmllogs/
Network endpoints1
www.canvasxpress.org
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The renderer launches Chromium with sandbox disabled and local-file access enabled.
- A user-selected URL or file is loaded into that browser, then package-generated code is evaluated in its page context.
- The bundled visualization source contains invoked obfuscated code and an automatic CanvasXpress beacon request.
Evidence against
- package.json has no install or lifecycle scripts.
- The entry point is an explicit canvasxpress CLI command.
- No Node-side credential harvesting, environment collection, shell execution, or self-dependency was found.
- File writes shown in the CLI are render downloads and package logs.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTelemetryUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedsrc/canvasXpress.jsView file
26*/
L27: (function(b,a){if(typeof exports==="object"){a(exports)}else{(a((b.CanvasXpress=b.CanvasXpress||{})))}}(this,(function(){var a=(typeof CanvasXpress==="function")?CanvasXpress:null;...
L28: exports['init'] = CanvasXpress;
High
Obfuscated Payload Loader
Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.
src/canvasXpress.jsView on unpkg · L2626*/
L27: (function(b,a){if(typeof exports==="object"){a(exports)}else{(a((b.CanvasXpress=b.CanvasXpress||{})))}}(this,(function(){var a=(typeof CanvasXpress==="function")?CanvasXpress:null;...
L28: exports['init'] = CanvasXpress;
Low
Eval
Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.
src/canvasXpress.jsView on unpkg · L26index.jsView file
1const minimist = require('minimist');
L2: const path = require('path');
Medium
Findings
2 High4 Medium6 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loadersrc/canvasXpress.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedpackage.json
MediumDynamic Requireindex.js
MediumNetwork
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumAi Review Evidencecmds/io.js
LowEvalsrc/canvasXpress.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to canvasxpress-cli@68.8.0.
See all versions of canvasxpress-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of canvasxpress-cli@68.8.0 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.
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