AI Analysis
Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS
The package shows some signs of potential risk due to its network activity and lack of community engagement, though specific malicious intent has not been confirmed.
- Network risk present but not severe
- Low community engagement and single release
Per-check LLM notes
- Network: The observed network call pattern suggests the package is likely making API calls to a server, which could be for legitimate purposes like fetching updates or configuration data.
- Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, indicating no immediate risk of executing arbitrary commands.
- Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
- Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
- Metadata: The package is new with no community engagement and a single release, raising suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.
Package Quality Overall: Low (4.8/10)
◈ Medium
Test Suite
6.0
Partial test coverage signals detected
Test runner config found: pyproject.toml
◈ Medium
Documentation
5.0
Some documentation present
Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://github.com/manning-capital/ascent#readme
○ 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
329 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
◈ Medium
Multiple Contributors
6.0
Limited contributor diversity
2 unique contributor(s) across 63 commits in manning-capital/ascentTwo distinct contributors found
Heuristic Checks
Outbound Network Calls
score 1.5
Found 1 network call pattern(s)
p("/") self._client = httpx.Client( base_url=f"{self._base_url}/api", t
Code Obfuscation
No obfuscation patterns detected
Shell / Subprocess Execution
No shell execution patterns detected
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 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
Only one version has ever been released — brand new packageAuthor "Ascent Contributors" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
Known CVE Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.
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