canvasxpress-cli@70.5.0
Node program to run canvasXpress in the command line
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe active obfuscated payload is an unresolved runtime risk inconsistent with transparent package behavior. No source fact proves a concrete malicious outcome.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Creating a CanvasXpress instance in a browser context.
Impact
The opaque runtime payload could perform behavior not auditable from the distributed source; no confirmed harmful action was identified.
Mechanism
The library invokes a dynamically constructed obfuscated function and creates an online beacon image request.
AI rationale
The active obfuscated payload is an unresolved runtime risk inconsistent with transparent package behavior. No source fact proves a concrete malicious outcome.
Evidence
src/canvasXpress.js
Network endpoints1
www.canvasxpress.org/assets/images/beacon.gif?
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The manifest exposes a command-line entry point and contains no lifecycle hook.
- The browser library constructs and immediately invokes a heavily obfuscated dynamic function.
- The library sends a beacon request to its project domain when online.
Evidence against
- Static inspection did not establish credential collection, destructive actions, or an unrelated network recipient.
Behavioral surface
CryptoDynamicRequireEvalFilesystemNetwork
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 · 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 High4 Medium6 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loadersrc/canvasXpress.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedsrc/canvasXpress.js
MediumDynamic Requireindex.js
MediumNetwork
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowEvalsrc/canvasXpress.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to canvasxpress-cli@70.5.0.
See all versions of canvasxpress-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of canvasxpress-cli@70.5.0 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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