axion-hdl

v1.5.1 suspicious
7.0
High Risk

Automated AXI4-Lite Register Interface Generator for VHDL modules

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package exhibits high risks associated with shell execution and unclear network communications, raising concerns about potential malicious intent despite having no evidence of credential harvesting or obfuscation.

  • High shell risk due to potential for arbitrary code execution.
  • Unclear network calls that could be used for data exfiltration or C2 communication.
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: Network calls to external URLs without clear purpose may indicate data exfiltration or C2 communication.
  • Shell: Executing shell commands can lead to arbitrary code execution, suggesting potential for malicious activities.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has only one package, which might indicate a new or less active account.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (7.0/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 35 test file(s) found

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

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://github.com/bugratufan/axion-hdl/tree/main/docs
  • Detailed PyPI description (3843 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

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

Active multi-contributor project

  • 5 unique contributor(s) across 100 commits in bugratufan/axion-hdl
  • Active community — 5 or more distinct contributors

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 4.5

Found 3 network call pattern(s)

  • try: urllib.request.urlopen(self.url, timeout=1) return
  • ib.request response = urllib.request.urlopen(gui_server.url) assert response.status == 20
  • try: response = urllib.request.urlopen(gui_server.url) assert response.status =
✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 8.0

Found 4 shell execution pattern(s)

  • try: result = subprocess.run(['osascript', '-e', script],
  • try: result = subprocess.run(["powershell", "-Command", ps_script],
  • result = subprocess.run(['zenity', '--file-selection', '--directory', '--title=Selec
  • result = subprocess.run(['kdialog', '--getexistingdirectory'],
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ 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

Repository bugratufan/axion-hdl appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "Bugra Tufan" 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 axion-hdl 
Create a mini-application called 'AXI4-RegGen' that generates VHDL code for AXI4-Lite register interfaces based on user-defined specifications. This tool will help hardware developers quickly create and customize AXI4-Lite interfaces without manually writing repetitive VHDL code. Here are the steps and features your application should include:

1. **User Input Specifications**: Allow users to input basic specifications such as the number of registers, address width, data width, and register names and descriptions.
2. **Generate VHDL Code**: Use the 'axion-hdl' package to automatically generate VHDL code for the specified AXI4-Lite interface. Ensure that the generated code includes read and write operations for each register.
3. **Interactive Interface**: Provide a simple command-line interface where users can enter their specifications and view the generated VHDL code.
4. **Code Preview and Save Options**: After generating the code, display it to the user for preview and offer options to save the code to a file.
5. **Error Handling**: Implement robust error handling to manage incorrect inputs and provide clear error messages to guide the user.
6. **Documentation**: Include a README file that explains how to use the application, including examples and best practices for specifying register interfaces.

By utilizing 'axion-hdl', you'll leverage its automated generation capabilities to streamline the process of creating AXI4-Lite interfaces, making your application a valuable tool for hardware development projects.

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