AI Analysis
Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS
The package exhibits some legitimate functionality but raises concerns due to incomplete metadata and potential unnecessary use of shell execution.
- Metadata risk score of 7/10 due to incomplete maintainer history.
- Shell risk score of 4/10 indicating potential unnecessary execution of external commands.
Per-check LLM notes
- Network: The observed network calls are typical for fetching remote resources or updates, but unusual behavior should be monitored.
- Shell: Executing external commands can be legitimate for package initialization, but poses higher risk and should be thoroughly reviewed for its necessity and legitimacy.
- Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
- Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
- Metadata: The package is new and lacks maintainer history, with incomplete author information, raising suspicion.
Heuristic Checks
Outbound Network Calls
score 9.0
Found 6 network call pattern(s)
str) -> bytes: request = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": _USER_AGENT}) with ugent": _USER_AGENT}) with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=120) as resp: return resp.r[str, Any]: request = urllib.request.Request(self._url, headers={"User-Agent": _USER_AGENT})": _USER_AGENT}) with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=10) as resp: return jso"application/json" req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method, headers=headers)ders) try: resp = urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) return resp.status, json.lo
Code Obfuscation
No obfuscation patterns detected
Shell / Subprocess Execution
score 2.0
Found 1 shell execution pattern(s)
is first on PATH. proc = subprocess.Popen( [ sys.executable, "-m", "jupyter_server
Credential Harvesting
No credential harvesting patterns detected
Typosquatting
No typosquatting candidates detected
Registered Email Domain
Email domain looks legitimate: berkeley.edu>
Suspicious Page Links
All external links appear legitimate
Git Repository History
score 3.0
GitHub API error: 403
GitHub API error: 403
Maintainer History
score 8.0
4 maintainer concern(s) found
Only one version has ever been released — brand new packagePackage uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-05T05:34:29.000Z)Author name is missing or very shortAuthor "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)