registry / canvasxpress-cli / 69.7.0
canvasxpress-cli@69.7.0
⚠ Under reviewNode program to run canvasXpress in the command line
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiReadable entrypoints are a user-run chart CLI with no install hooks or secret harvesting. The script file loaded by the chart page is unreadable as text, so a source-grounded clean or malicious verdict cannot be finalized.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI starts only after a user runs the canvasxpress binary; the unread script would load later inside the local chart page.
Impact
No credential theft, exfiltration, persistence, or install mutation was confirmed. Behavior inside the unread script file is unknown.
Mechanism
Readable code parses CLI arguments and uses Playwright to open a local template or a user-provided URL. The referenced canvasXpress.js file could not be decoded as text.
AI rationale
Readable entrypoints are a user-run chart CLI with no install hooks or secret harvesting. The script file loaded by the chart page is unreadable as text, so a source-grounded clean or malicious verdict cannot be finalized.
Evidence
src/canvasXpress.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 62.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- package.json declares a canvasxpress bin and dependencies and has no preinstall, install, or postinstall script.
- The bin only loads index.js when the user runs the canvasxpress command.
- src/canvasXpress.js is reported as a binary file, so the script loaded by the local chart page could not be inspected.
Evidence against
- Readable command code launches Playwright only to render a chart from a local HTML template or a user-supplied URL.
- Searches of readable sources found no child_process, eval, environment reads, or a dependency on this package name.
- src/node-canvasXpress.js is not referenced by the CLI entrypoint.
Behavioral surface
CryptoDynamicRequireEvalFilesystemNetwork
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 · L26•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
High
Semantic Analysis Limited
A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.
src/canvasXpress.jsView on unpkg26*/
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 · L26Findings
2 High3 Medium7 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loadersrc/canvasXpress.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedsrc/canvasXpress.js
MediumDynamic Requireindex.js
MediumNetwork
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowEvalsrc/canvasXpress.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to canvasxpress-cli@69.7.0.
See all versions of canvasxpress-cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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