fhi-decaf

v1.0.6 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

A Python package providing a workflow for descriptor embedding and clustering for atomistic environments.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows some concerning metadata issues but does not exhibit any direct malicious behavior such as network calls or shell executions.

  • Lack of maintainer history
  • Recent upload time
  • Missing author details
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal unless the package's functionality requires external API access.
  • Shell: No shell execution detected, which is normal unless the package's functionality involves system command execution.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The package shows several red flags including lack of maintainer history, recent upload time, and missing author details.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

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

Email domain looks legitimate: mpcdf.mpg.de>

Suspicious Page Links score 4.0

Found 2 suspicious link(s) on the package page

  • Non-HTTPS external link: http://creativecommons.org/ns#
  • Non-HTTPS external link: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Git Repository History

No GitHub repository linked

  • No GitHub repository link found
Maintainer History score 8.0

4 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Only one version has ever been released — brand new package
  • Package uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-05T07:57:17.000Z)
  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)