Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

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DefaultBench

Search and inspect sponsored DefaultBench listings, obtain read-only rank quotes, or prepare an explicitly authorized x402 listing bid.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit 2e51acd8e8a1, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_ENV_READ

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    examples/quote.sh, line 9 curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --get \

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

    Reads an environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD or CREDENTIAL.

    examples/x402-bid.ts, line 34 if (process.env.DEFAULTBENCH_PRIVATE_KEY) {

Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    examples/quote.sh, line 9

    curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --get \

    examples/quote.sh, line 14

    curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error \

    examples/search.sh, line 7

    curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --get \

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    examples/search.ts, line 18

    const response = await fetch(url, {

    examples/x402-bid.ts, line 70

    const quoteResponse = await fetch(quoteUrl, {

    examples/x402-bid.ts, line 102

    const challengeResponse = await fetch(bidUrl, {

  • Secrets

    Note

    reads an environment variable.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ

    examples/x402-bid.ts, line 34

    if (process.env.DEFAULTBENCH_PRIVATE_KEY) {

    examples/x402-bid.ts, line 39

    const keyword = process.env.DEFAULTBENCH_KEYWORD ?? "research";

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 2e51acd8e8a1. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads an environment variable.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 2e51acd8e8a1f9758eacbe33d98d92685f36c7d1

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