registry / canvasxpress-cli / 72.0.0
canvasxpress-cli@72.0.0
Node program to run canvasXpress in the command line
AI Security Review
scanned 16d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest and CLI source show no install hook and a user-invoked rendering workflow. However, the bundled library executes an obfuscated function whose behavior remains unresolved, so a clean verdict is not supported.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Loading the bundled CanvasXpress library in a browser.
Impact
The unresolved code leaves a real but unconfirmed risk; the inspected excerpts do not establish credential collection, destructive behavior, or malicious data transfer.
Mechanism
The library dynamically constructs and invokes obfuscated code; it also creates a beacon image URL on the CanvasXpress domain.
AI rationale
The manifest and CLI source show no install hook and a user-invoked rendering workflow. However, the bundled library executes an obfuscated function whose behavior remains unresolved, so a clean verdict is not supported.
Network endpoints1
www.canvasxpress.org
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 78.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI entrypoint loads the package command handler, which dispatches user-selected commands.
- The bundled browser library contains an obfuscated function built with `new Function` and invoked immediately; its behavior is unresolved from the inspected source.
- The library constructs a one-pixel beacon URL on the CanvasXpress domain using a client field that is empty in its shown default configuration.
Evidence against
- The manifest defines no lifecycle scripts; its executable is the CLI at `bin/canvasxpress`.
- The rendering command opens a supplied input or the package's local HTML file in Playwright and performs the requested export operation.
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 High4 Medium6 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loadersrc/canvasXpress.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedsrc/canvasXpress.js
MediumDynamic Requireindex.js
MediumNetwork
MediumShips Build Helper.github/scripts/triage_issue.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowEvalsrc/canvasXpress.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to canvasxpress-cli@72.0.0.
See all versions of canvasxpress-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of canvasxpress-cli@72.0.0 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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