fiftyone.geolocation@4.5.100
Perform reverse geocoding using longitude and latitude to populate postal addresses
AI Security Review
scanned 17h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package's default pipeline includes runtime usage sharing that can transmit unfiltered request evidence to a 51Degrees endpoint, so this is a telemetry disclosure concern. The flagged remote-response eval finding is a false positive: the test only checks async syntax support.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Application code constructs and processes a pipeline using the default GeoLocationPipelineBuilder options.
Impact
Request evidence, which can include user-provided headers or query values, may be sent to the usage endpoint without an explicit opt-in.
Mechanism
The builder adds ShareUsage by default. Its default filter shares all evidence keys when no filters are supplied, and the dependency batches and posts the resulting usage data to 51Degrees.
AI rationale
The package's default pipeline includes runtime usage sharing that can transmit unfiltered request evidence to a 51Degrees endpoint, so this is a telemetry disclosure concern. The flagged remote-response eval finding is a false positive: the test only checks async syntax support.
Evidence
geoLocationPipelineBuilder.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-369ba8c8-d0da-4985-ba71-88c4c4f84043/2/npm-linux/shareUsage.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-369ba8c8-d0da-4985-ba71-88c4c4f84043/2/npm-linux/shareUsageEvidenceKeyFilter.js
Network endpoints2
devices-v4.51degrees.com/new.ashxcloud.51degrees.com/api/v4/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The pipeline builder enables ShareUsage by default when creating a pipeline.
- The usage-sharing code reads values from the pipeline's request evidence.
- With no cookie, query whitelist, or header blacklist configured, the usage filter shares all evidence keys.
- Usage data is sent by POST to the default 51Degrees endpoint, devices-v4.51degrees.com/new.ashx.
Evidence against
- The flagged eval only checks whether the runtime supports async functions; it does not execute remote response content.
- The package has no install lifecycle scripts, and its main entry only exports the geolocation modules.
- The package's stated purpose is reverse geocoding through 51Degrees services, and usage sharing is an explicit builder option.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
4 flaggedtests/geoLocationCloud.test.jsView file
9* If a copy of the EUPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain
L10: * one at https://opensource.org/licenses/EUPL-1.2.
L11: *
...
L24:
L25: const GeoLocation = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '..'));
L26: const myResourceKey = process.env.RESOURCE_KEY || '!!YOUR_RESOURCE_KEY!!';
L27:
...
L65: try {
L66: eval('async () => {}');
L67: } catch (e) {
Critical
Remote Response Code Execution
Source passes code obtained from a remote response into a dynamic execution sink.
tests/geoLocationCloud.test.jsView on unpkg · L965try {
L66: eval('async () => {}');
L67: } catch (e) {
High
Eval
Package source references dynamic code evaluation.
tests/geoLocationCloud.test.jsView on unpkg · L6522L23: const path = require('path');
L24:
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
tests/geoLocationCloud.test.jsView on unpkg · L22Findings
1 Critical2 High4 Medium5 Low
CriticalRemote Response Code Executiontests/geoLocationCloud.test.js
HighEvaltests/geoLocationCloud.test.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedexamples/configureFromFile.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumDynamic Requiretests/geoLocationCloud.test.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowCopyleft License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to fiftyone.geolocation@4.5.100.
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