aollivierre-sca

v0.2.8 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

Source-control automation -- audit, secret-scan, and remediate Git workspaces

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows signs of obfuscation and has low metadata and credential risks. However, the unavailability of the repository adds to the suspicion.

  • Obfuscation patterns observed
  • Repository not found
  • Single package by maintainer
Per-check LLM notes
  • Obfuscation: The obfuscation patterns appear to be an attempt to hide strings and potentially evade simple string-based detection methods, but without more context, it's unclear if this is malicious.
  • Credentials: No direct evidence of credential harvesting was found in the provided code snippets.
  • Metadata: The repository is not found and the maintainer has only one package, indicating potential low activity or newness which raises some suspicion.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Low (4.8/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 29 test file(s) found

  • Test runner config found: pyproject.toml
  • 29 test file(s) detected (e.g. test_archived_path_downgrade.py)
◈ Medium Documentation 5.0

Some documentation present

  • Detailed PyPI description (10513 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 4.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • 371 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
○ Low Multiple Contributors 1.0

Could not retrieve contributor data from GitHub

  • GitHub API error: 404

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 9.0

Found 6 network call pattern(s)

  • {path.lstrip('/')}" req = urllib.request.Request(url) req.add_header("Accept", "application/json"
  • oken}") try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp: # noqa: S310
  • pos/{owner}/{repo}" req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={ "User-Agent": "sca-secret-sca
  • }) try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp: # noqa: S310 (https URL i
  • ders: dict) -> int: req = urllib.request.Request(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/gh",
  • "POST") try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5) as resp: return resp.sta
⚠ Code Obfuscation score 6.0

Found 3 obfuscation pattern(s)

  • t", "generated_at": __import__("datetime").datetime.now() .isoformat(timespe
  • ys. _GUID_CLIENT_CONTEXT_RE = __import__("re").compile( r"\b(AppId|clientId|client_id|client-id|applic
  • t|fingerprint|secret)\b", __import__("re").IGNORECASE, ) def _harvest_values_for_repo(harvest_root:
⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 10.0

Found 6 shell execution pattern(s)

  • }" ) try: r = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True,
  • out=15): try: r = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeou
  • t, str]: try: r = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=20)
  • stdout, stderr).""" cp = subprocess.run( ["gh", "api", path], capture_output=True, t
  • ted?""" try: cp = subprocess.run(["gh", "auth", "status"], captur
  • ref in the repo.""" rc = subprocess.run( ["git", "-C", str(repo_root), "rev-list", "--object
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

⚠ Git Repository History score 3.0

Repository not found (deleted or private)

  • Repository not found (deleted or private)
⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "aollivierre" 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 aollivierre-sca 
Create a command-line utility named 'GitGuardian' using Python that leverages the 'aollivierre-sca' package to automate security audits and manage secrets within Git repositories. The tool should be designed to help developers ensure their repositories are free from potential security risks by performing regular audits and automatically handling any detected issues.

### Features:
1. **Audit Mode**: When invoked with an option like `--audit`, the utility should scan the specified Git repository for any potential security vulnerabilities or misconfigurations. It should use 'aollivierre-sca' to perform these checks and output a report detailing any findings.
2. **Secret Scan**: Implement a feature that scans the repository for any secrets (e.g., API keys, tokens) that might have been accidentally committed. This should also utilize 'aollivierre-sca' for scanning and then provide a summary of all found secrets.
3. **Remediation Mode**: For any detected issues or secrets, provide an automated remediation process. This could involve prompting the user for confirmation before taking action, such as removing or redacting sensitive information.
4. **Configuration Management**: Allow users to configure GitGuardian via a YAML file where they can specify repository URLs, ignore patterns for false positives, and other preferences.
5. **Integration with CI/CD**: Discuss how GitGuardian can be integrated into a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to run automatically on every commit or pull request.

### Utilization of 'aollivierre-sca':
- Use the package's audit capabilities to scan for common security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities.
- Leverage its secret-scanning functionality to detect sensitive data that shouldn't be in version control.
- Employ the remediation tools provided by 'aollivierre-sca' to automatically fix issues or remove sensitive data when detected.

### Steps to Develop:
1. Set up a Python environment and install necessary packages including 'aollivierre-sca'.
2. Design the CLI interface for GitGuardian, ensuring it accepts options for different modes (audit, secret scan, remediation).
3. Implement the audit mode by calling the appropriate functions from 'aollivierre-sca' and parsing the results into a human-readable format.
4. Add secret scanning functionality similarly, focusing on identifying and listing secrets found.
5. Develop the remediation mode, which will require careful handling of repository modifications.
6. Create a configuration management system allowing customization of GitGuardian's behavior.
7. Test each feature thoroughly to ensure reliability and accuracy.
8. Document the usage and integration steps for GitGuardian, including examples of how it can be used in a CI/CD setup.

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