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MalDet · Static Security Report

blackbox-log-viewer

github.com/betaflight/blackbox-log-viewer
Scanned 24 September 2026 at 10:07  ·  Report generated 29 October 2026  ·  JavaScript  ·  507 stars
Overall assessment
Medium
Combined score 27  ·  32 findings after filtering

Summary

This repository has a medium vulnerability score of 23.0, which indicates that some code patterns are insecure and could potentially be exploited by an attacker to steal secrets or execute malicious code. However, the scan also identified a low-risk score of 4.0 for signs of intentional malicious intent, suggesting the code is likely not designed to harm users directly. The most concerning finding involves using variable interpolation in GitHub Actions workflows, which allows attackers to inject their own code and potentially bypass security controls. While this specific issue appears to be an ordinary insecure coding practice rather than a deliberate attempt to attack the system, it still represents a significant risk if left unaddressed. Additionally, there are several loose version constraints in the dependencies that could allow malicious updates to slip through, though these are considered low priority and unlikely to cause immediate harm.

Written by a language model running locally on the scanning machine, from the findings in this report. The risk levels above and below were decided by the scoring model, not by this summary.

Risk, by type

MalDet scores two different questions separately, because they call for different responses: code can be badly written without being hostile, and hostile code is not always badly written.

Vulnerability
Medium (23)
Insecure coding an attacker could exploit. Usually mistakes, and usually fixable in place.
Malicious pattern
Low (4)
Signs the code may be trying to do harm: hidden payloads, credential access, persistence, exfiltration.

What each detector found

DetectorLooks for HighMediumLowTotal
dep_checker Vulnerable, unpinned or typosquatted dependencies 0 0 21 21
semgrep Insecure coding patterns across many languages 1 9 0 10
yara Signatures of malicious behaviour in source files 1 0 0 1

10 of 32 findings were rated more likely genuine than noise by the classifier.

Evidence

Identical findings are grouped, so a single rule firing many times takes one row. Ordered worst first. “Seen” is how many times that finding occurred.

SeverityDetectorFindingSeenExample location
high semgrep Using variable interpolation `${{...}}` with `github` context data in a `run:` step could allow an attacker to inject their own code into the runner. This would allow them to steal secrets and code. `github` context data can have arbitrary user input and should be treated as untrusted. Instead, use 1 /.github/workflows/deploy.yml:49
high yara YARA rule matched: detect_crypto_miner — Cryptocurrency mining pool connection patterns 1 /package-lock.json
medium semgrep Dynamically rendering arbitrary HTML on your website can be very dangerous because it can easily lead to XSS vulnerabilities. Only use HTML interpolation on trusted content and never on user-provided content. 2 /src/components/ConfigurationPanel.vue:32
medium semgrep RegExp() called with a `field` function argument, this might allow an attacker to cause a Regular Expression Denial-of-Service (ReDoS) within your application as RegExP blocks the main thread. For this reason, it is recommended to use hardcoded regexes instead. If your regex is run on user-controlle 1 /src/graph_config.js:53
medium semgrep GitHub Actions step uses a mutable tag or branch reference. Tags and branch names can be silently repointed by the action owner, enabling supply-chain attacks — as seen in the trivy-action and kics-github-action compromises. Pin the reference to a full 40-character commit SHA instead, e.g. `uses: ac 6 /.github/workflows/build.yml:27
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'sortablejs^1.15.7' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'webm-writer^1.0.0' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'vue^3.5.33' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'vue-router^4.6.4' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'vite^8.0.16' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'vite-plugin-pwa^1.3.0' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'throttle-debounce^5.0.0' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'tailwindcss^4.2.4' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: '@eslint/js^10.0.1' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'semver^7.7.4' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'prettier^3.8.3' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'pinia^3.0.4' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'leaflet^1.9.3' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'leaflet-marker-rotation^0.4.0' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'html2canvas^1.0.0-rc.5' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'globals^17.6.0' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'eslint^10.3.0' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: 'eslint-config-prettier^10.1.8' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: '@vitejs/plugin-vue^6.0.6' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: '@nuxt/ui^4.8.1' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json
low dep_checker Loose version constraint: '@iconify-json/lucide^1.2.105' — attacker could push malicious update 1 package.json

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