Scan report

Homebrew / homebrew-cask

Vulnerability Low

Could an attacker exploit mistakes in this code?

19 risk score

Minor issues. Worth a glance, unlikely to be urgent.

High
1
Medium
6
Low
0

Sources: Bandit, Semgrep, pip-audit

Malicious pattern High

Does this code look like it is trying to cause harm?

58 risk score

Serious issues. Review the high-severity findings before using it.

High
133
Medium
10
Low
1

Sources: YARA, ClamAV, GuardDog, dependency checker

Findings overview
151 total findings
Likely real
19
Uncertain
1
Likely noise
131

The risk classifier rates every finding for how likely it is to be a real issue. Likely noise still counts, just much less.

What we found, in plain English

The repository has two distinct security issues that need attention before it can be used safely. The most critical finding is that the code contains patterns likely intended to mine cryptocurrency, which poses a significant threat of financial loss if exploited. Additionally, there are several instances where developers use insecure methods like MD5 for hashing or dynamic URLs that could allow attackers to steal secrets or read arbitrary files. While some rules were triggered by legitimate application behavior, these do not indicate malicious intent and can be safely ignored. The overall vulnerability risk is rated low at 19.0, but the high score of 58.0 regarding malicious patterns suggests the codebase may still contain intentional security flaws that should be reviewed or fixed.

Written by a local language model from the findings below. The risk scores come from the classifier, not from this summary.

Detections by engine

  • YARA 131

    Malware signature rules · Malicious pattern

  • GuardDog 13

    Supply-chain attack heuristics · Malicious pattern

  • Semgrep 7

    Pattern-based code analysis · Vulnerability

Score over time

Overall score each time this repository was scanned.

Findings

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