antsilk

v0.1.0 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

Drop-in security middleware for Python ASGI apps.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows moderate risk due to high credential harvesting potential and questionable metadata, despite having low risks in network, shell execution, and obfuscation.

  • High credential risk
  • Questionable metadata
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The use of urllib to make network calls is common and may be legitimate for fetching resources.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, indicating low risk for direct system command execution.
  • Obfuscation: No signs of obfuscation detected.
  • Credentials: The code includes patterns that may be used for harvesting credentials or sensitive information.
  • Metadata: The package shows some red flags including an author with a missing or short name and a new or inactive account, but there's no clear evidence of typosquatting or other malicious intent.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (5.6/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 8 test file(s) found

  • 8 test file(s) detected (e.g. test_config.py)
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://docs.antsilk.com
  • Detailed PyPI description (3262 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 2.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • No CONTRIBUTING, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, or governance files found
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • 78 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
◈ Medium Multiple Contributors 5.0

Limited contributor diversity

  • 1 unique contributor(s) across 30 commits in brianchenhao/antsilk
  • Single author but highly active (30 commits)

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 1.5

Found 1 network call pattern(s)

  • only the stdlib.""" with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout) as response: return re
✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

⚠ Credential Harvesting score 5.0

Found 2 credential access pattern(s)

  • "payload", [ "../etc/passwd", "foo/../bar", "..%2fetc%2fpasswd",
  • pt:alert(1)", "file=../etc/passwd", "path=..%2fetc%2fpasswd", ], ) def test_middl
✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: gmail.com>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

⚠ Git Repository History score 2.5

Git history flags: Repository has zero stars and zero forks

  • Repository has zero stars and zero forks
⚠ Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with antsilk 
Your task is to develop a simple, yet secure, web application using Python and the 'antsilk' package as the security middleware. This application will serve as a basic user management system where users can register, log in, and manage their profiles. The goal is to demonstrate how 'antsilk' can be integrated into a real-world application to enhance its security.

### Application Overview:
- **User Registration:** Users should be able to create an account with a unique username and password. Passwords must be securely hashed before storage.
- **Login Functionality:** After registration, users can log in to access their profile pages.
- **Profile Management:** Logged-in users can view and edit their profile information.
- **Security Features:** Utilize 'antsilk' to add security layers such as rate limiting, blocking suspicious IP addresses, and protecting against common web attacks like SQL injection and XSS.

### Step-by-Step Development Guide:
1. **Setup Environment:** Start by setting up your development environment. Ensure you have Python installed and create a virtual environment for your project. Install necessary packages including 'antsilk', 'fastapi', 'uvicorn', and 'bcrypt' for password hashing.
2. **Database Setup:** Use SQLite for simplicity. Define models for User (username, password_hash, etc.) and Profile (name, email).
3. **Antsilk Integration:** Integrate 'antsilk' as middleware in your FastAPI application. Configure it to enable rate limiting and other security features as mentioned above.
4. **Create API Endpoints:** Develop API endpoints for user registration, login, and profile management. Ensure proper validation of inputs to prevent common security vulnerabilities.
5. **Testing:** Thoroughly test your application to ensure all functionalities work as expected. Pay special attention to security aspects provided by 'antsilk'.
6. **Documentation:** Document your code and provide instructions on how to run and use the application.

### Suggested Features:
- Implement OAuth for social logins.
- Add role-based access control to differentiate between regular users and administrators.
- Include a feature to reset passwords via email.

This project will not only help you understand how to integrate 'antsilk' but also improve your skills in building secure web applications.

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