tcl-ls

v0.2.1 suspicious
7.0
High Risk

Tcl language server, checker, and metadata toolkit.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package exhibits significant risks related to network and shell execution, which could potentially be exploited for malicious purposes. However, there's no evidence of actual malicious activity.

  • High network risk
  • High shell execution risk
  • Low obfuscation and credential risk
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: Unusual network calls without clear purpose may indicate potential data exfiltration or C2 activities.
  • Shell: Execution of shell commands can be risky and might be used to execute arbitrary code, suggesting possible malicious intent.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The package is suspicious due to its newness, lack of maintainer information, and minimal repository engagement.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls score 3.0

Found 2 network call pattern(s)

  • mmand}.htm' request = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=_REQUEST_HEADERS) try:
  • try: with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response: re
Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

Shell / Subprocess Execution score 8.0

Found 4 shell execution pattern(s)

  • letedProcess[str]: return subprocess.run( list(command), check=check, capture
  • _SmokeSession: process = subprocess.Popen( [str(server_path)], stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
  • is not None: result = subprocess.run( ['git', 'log', '-1', '--format=%B', args.rev],
  • try: completed = subprocess.run( [tclsh_path], input=_REGEXP_VALIDAT
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 score 2.5

Git history flags: Repository has zero stars and zero forks

  • Repository has zero stars and zero forks
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 (2026-06-05T09:20:42.000Z)
  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)