arkindex-cli

v0.5.0 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

Arkindex CLI client easy and sexy to use

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package exhibits several concerning behaviors including subprocess calls that can execute arbitrary commands and the use of eval() for decoding metadata, indicating potential obfuscation or manipulation. While there is no concrete evidence of malicious intent, the risks are significant enough to warrant caution.

  • High shell risk due to subprocess calls
  • Potential obfuscation or code injection via eval()
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The network calls indicate the package interacts with external services like S3, which could be legitimate but also suggests potential for data exfiltration.
  • Shell: Subprocess calls can execute arbitrary commands, posing a high risk if not properly sanitized or controlled.
  • Obfuscation: The use of eval() for decoding metadata is suspicious and could indicate obfuscation, but without additional context, it's hard to determine if it's malicious.
  • Credentials: No clear patterns indicative of credential harvesting were found.
  • Metadata: The package has no associated GitHub repository and the maintainer information is incomplete, which raises some concerns but not definitive evidence of malice.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (5.2/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 15 test file(s) found

  • Test runner config found: conftest.py
  • 15 test file(s) detected (e.g. conftest.py)
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://cli.arkindex.org/
  • Detailed PyPI description (1072 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

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

Unable to verify contributor count: no GitHub repository found

  • No GitHub repository linked — contributor count unavailable

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 3.0

Found 2 network call pattern(s)

  • ponse: response = requests.get( urljoin(base_url, path), he
  • "rb") as archive: r = requests.put( url=s3_put_url, data=archive,
⚠ Code Obfuscation score 2.0

Found 1 obfuscation pattern(s)

  • existing_metadatas = eval(content.group(1)) if len(metadata_list) == len(exist
⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 4.0

Found 2 shell execution pattern(s)

  • f.flush() subprocess.call([editor, f.name]) f.seek(0) content = f.rea
  • (self, *args): return subprocess.check_output(args).decode().strip().splitlines() @property def i
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: teklia.com>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

No GitHub repository linked

  • No GitHub repository link found
⚠ 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 arkindex-cli 
Create a mini-application called 'ArkIndex Explorer' using the Python package 'arkindex-cli'. This application will serve as a command-line tool to interact with the ArkIndex service, providing users with a simple yet powerful way to manage their data indexes. The primary goal of this application is to allow users to easily create, update, delete, and query indexes within the ArkIndex system. Here are the key functionalities you need to implement:

1. **Initialization**: Upon first run, the application should prompt the user to authenticate with their ArkIndex credentials. It should securely store these credentials for future use.
2. **Index Management**:
   - **Create Index**: Allow users to create new indexes with customizable metadata such as name, description, and tags.
   - **Update Index**: Provide functionality to modify existing indexes, including renaming, updating descriptions, and adding/removing tags.
   - **Delete Index**: Implement a secure method for deleting indexes, ensuring that the user confirms before proceeding.
3. **Query Functionality**: Enable users to search through their indexes based on various criteria such as index name, tags, and creation date.
4. **User Interface**: Design a clean and intuitive command-line interface that guides users through each action and provides feedback on success or failure.
5. **Error Handling**: Ensure robust error handling throughout the application, providing clear messages when something goes wrong.
6. **Help Documentation**: Include comprehensive help documentation accessible via a command line option, explaining all available commands and their usage.

To achieve these goals, you'll utilize the 'arkindex-cli' package to handle the communication with the ArkIndex API. This includes setting up the necessary configurations, authenticating users, and executing the required operations. Your task is to write clear, well-documented code that integrates seamlessly with 'arkindex-cli', showcasing its capabilities while providing a valuable tool for managing indexes.

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