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Grade D

Two or more Medium findings, or a High finding. Only try it in a sandbox.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

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

Rescanned at commit b6415f684b80, unchanged since the check below.

PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT OBFUSCATION_MINIFIED_PAYLOAD

Why this grade

  • PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED Medium

    Runs shell commands that the manifest or description does not mention.

    src/modules/ui/xdialog/__init__.py, line 29 proc = subprocess.Popen(('which', cmd), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, shell=False)

  • INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT Medium

    Fetches a script from the network and runs it (a pipe to a shell, or an install hook with a URL).

    targets/scripts/setup-uvx-linux.sh, line 15 curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh >/dev/null 2>&1

  • OBFUSCATION_MINIFIED_PAYLOAD Medium

    Contains a very long line with almost no spaces in a script or style file.

    src/modules/redaction/gitleaks_rules.py, line 707 re.compile(r'\bZXlK(?:(aGJHY2lPaU)|(aGNIVWlPaU)|(aGNIWWlPaU)|(aGRXUWlPaU)|(aU5qUWlP)|(amNtbDBJanBi)|(amRIa2lPaU)|(bGNHc2lPbn)|(bGJtTWlPaU)|(cWEzVWlPaU)|(cWQyc2lPb)|(cGMzTWlPaU)|(cG

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    requests shell access. No manifest field names shell or command execution. can delete files.

    PERMISSION_SHELL_UNDECLARED PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    src/modules/ui/xdialog/__init__.py, line 29

    proc = subprocess.Popen(('which', cmd), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, shell=False)

    src/modules/ui/xdialog/mac_dialogs.py, line 8

    proc = subprocess.Popen(

    src/modules/ui/xdialog/yad_dialogs.py, line 47

    proc = subprocess.Popen(

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    src/modules/ui/xdialog/zenity_dialogs.py, line 42

    proc = subprocess.Popen(

    targets/common-ts/watcher/index.test.ts, line 61

    await fs.rm(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    targets/common-ts/watcher/index.test.ts, line 115

    await fs.unlink(testFile1);

    targets/common-ts/watcher/index.test.ts, line 340

    await fs.unlink(testFile1);

    targets/scripts/clean-build.js, line 144

    fs.rmSync(filePath, { recursive: true, force: true });

  • Install and update

    Serious

    install fetches a script from the network.

    INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT

    targets/scripts/setup-uvx-linux.sh, line 15

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh >/dev/null 2>&1

    targets/scripts/setup-uvx-macos.sh, line 15

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh >/dev/null 2>&1

  • Network

    Concern

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

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    targets/scripts/update-gitleaks-rules.mjs, line 17

    const response = await fetch(GITLEAKS_TOML_URL);

    targets/vsc-extension/src/api.ts, line 46

    const response = await fetch(`${apiUrl}/client-state`, {

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    targets/vsc-extension/src/configurationMonitor/index.ts, line 376

    const extensionHost = this.vscode?.env.appName?.toLowerCase() ?? "_unknown";

    targets/vsc-extension/src/configurationMonitor/index.ts, line 380

    `Detecting AI client: appName="${this.vscode?.env.appName ?? "_unknown"}", execPath="${process.execPath}"`

    .gitignore, line 55

    .yarn-integrity

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    .gitignore, line 56

    .env

    .gitignore, line 57

    .env.development.local

    .gitignore, line 58

    .env.test.local

    .gitignore, line 59

    .env.production.local

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

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

  • Obfuscation

    Concern

    contains a minified payload.

    OBFUSCATION_MINIFIED_PAYLOAD

    src/modules/redaction/gitleaks_rules.py, line 707

    re.compile(r'\bZXlK(?:(aGJHY2lPaU)|(aGNIVWlPaU)|(aGNIWWlPaU)|(aGRXUWlPaU)|(aU5qUWlP)|(amNtbDBJanBi)|(amRIa2lPaU)|(bGNHc2lPbn)|(bGJtTWlPaU)|(cWEzVWlPaU)|(cWQyc2lPb)|(cGMzTWlPaU)|(cG

    targets/package-lock.json, line 1

    {

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit b6415f684b80. requests shell access. No manifest field names shell or command execution. can delete files. install fetches a script from the network. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. contains a minified payload.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: b6415f684b808face91fd5b35f22835fd076171c

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