registry / canvasxpress-cli / 69.0.0
canvasxpress-cli@69.0.0
Node program to run canvasXpress in the command line
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package appears to be a user-invoked renderer with no install lifecycle hook, but the primary bundle's raw NUL bytes leave material source behavior unresolved. This prevents a source-grounded clean verdict.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user invokes the CLI to render input in Chromium.
Impact
No concrete malicious impact was confirmed, but hidden behavior in the unparsable portion cannot be excluded.
Mechanism
The CLI loads the CanvasXpress browser bundle during rendering; raw NUL bytes prevent reliable complete static analysis of that bundle.
AI rationale
The package appears to be a user-invoked renderer with no install lifecycle hook, but the primary bundle's raw NUL bytes leave material source behavior unresolved. This prevents a source-grounded clean verdict.
Evidence
src/canvasXpress.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 74.0% confidence as Unknown with high false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The primary browser bundle contains raw NUL bytes, preventing reliable complete static parsing of that file.
- Package metadata exposes a CanvasXpress CLI and declares Playwright as a dependency.
- The renderer launches Chromium only after a user invokes a rendering command.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle script.
- No credential collection, package-controlled endpoint, or confirmed exfiltration was established in the inspected CLI code.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTelemetryUrlStrings
NoLicense
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
MediumSuspicious Dependency Evidencepackage.json
LowEvalsrc/canvasXpress.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to canvasxpress-cli@69.0.0.
See all versions of canvasxpress-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of canvasxpress-cli@69.0.0 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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