registry / canvasxpress-cli / 70.8.0
canvasxpress-cli@70.8.0
Node program to run canvasXpress in the command line
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInspected behavior is consistent with a user-invoked visualization CLI, without automatic install execution or a concrete malicious chain. Dynamic evaluation, browser permissions, and the package-owned beacon do not independently establish malicious intent.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user invokes a rendering command or explicitly selects a script with the canvas command.
Impact
The selected commands execute supplied content and create rendering outputs and logs. No credential harvesting, covert exfiltration, or agent control-surface mutation was established.
Mechanism
The CLI opens chart input in a browser, runs rendering functions, and saves generated downloads; the library also loads chart resources and a package-owned image beacon.
AI rationale
Inspected behavior is consistent with a user-invoked visualization CLI, without automatic install execution or a concrete malicious chain. Dynamic evaluation, browser permissions, and the package-owned beacon do not independently establish malicious intent.
Network endpoints1
www.canvasxpress.org/assets/images/beacon.gif?
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 86.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares a rendering CLI, with no lifecycle hooks or runtime self-dependency.
- The browser library retrieves caller-selected JSON through ordinary GET requests.
- Script execution is activated by the explicit canvas command and uses the supplied input path.
- Rendering navigates to the supplied input or the bundled template and saves downloads to the selected output directory.
- The image beacon targets the package's own website; its client field defaults to an empty string.
Evidence against
- The browser library contains dynamic evaluation and an obfuscated function associated with license checks and rendering.
- The user-invoked renderer disables the browser sandbox and enables local file access.
Behavioral surface
CryptoDynamicRequireEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTelemetry
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@70.8.0.
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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