ape-solidity

v0.8.6 safe
4.0
Medium Risk

Plugin for Ape Ethereum Framework for compiling Solidity contracts

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SAFE

The package ape-solidity v0.8.6 has been assessed and found to have minimal risks. While there is a detection of potential shell execution, it does not appear to be malicious based on the available information.

  • No network calls detected.
  • Potential shell execution but likely intended functionality.
  • No signs of obfuscation or credential harvesting.
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, indicating low risk of data exfiltration or C2 communication.
  • Shell: Detection of shell execution suggests potential for command injection; however, without context it's unclear if this is part of intended functionality or malicious behavior.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious activity.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious activity.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has only one package, which might indicate a new or less active account, but no other red flags are present.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (6.6/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 6 test file(s) found

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

Some documentation present

  • Detailed PyPI description (4750 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

  • 71 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
✦ High Multiple Contributors 10.0

Active multi-contributor project

  • 16 unique contributor(s) across 100 commits in ApeWorX/ape-solidity
  • Active community — 5 or more distinct contributors

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 2.0

Found 1 shell execution pattern(s)

  • rce") completed_process = subprocess.run(cmd_ls, capture_output=True) output = completed_process.
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: apeworx.io

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository ApeWorX/ape-solidity appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "ApeWorX Ltd." 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 ape-solidity 
Create a mini-application called 'Solidity Contract Compiler' that leverages the 'ape-solidity' package to compile Solidity smart contracts and provide detailed information about the compilation process. This application should allow users to input Solidity code directly into the app or upload a .sol file, then compile it using the latest version of Solidity supported by 'ape-solidity'. After compilation, the app should display the following information:

1. Compilation status (success/failure)
2. If successful, show the compiled bytecode and ABI.
3. Detailed error messages if the compilation fails.
4. Optionally, the app could also highlight any deprecated syntax or suggest improvements based on the latest Solidity best practices.

The application should have a simple and user-friendly interface, possibly built using a web framework like Flask or Django for the front-end, and 'ape-solidity' for the back-end processing. Ensure that the application can handle multiple contract compilations simultaneously and provides a way to save or export the compiled results.

In addition to these core functionalities, consider adding the following features:
- Integration with popular Ethereum testnets (e.g., Ropsten, Rinkeby) to deploy and test the compiled contracts.
- A feature to compare different versions of the same contract, showing changes in bytecode and ABI.
- A documentation section explaining common issues and how to resolve them during the compilation process.

This project will not only demonstrate the power of 'ape-solidity' but also serve as a useful tool for developers working with Ethereum smart contracts.

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