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Package evidence

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Js Decode Then Exec: base64 / atob / fromCharCode decode paired with eval / new Function in the same file — canonical obfuscated-loader pattern.

Trust signals

Why this verdict

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Versions published
74Mature · −50% score
First published
Sep 2018
Publisher
davidwells

Effective trust discount applied: −50% (max across signals — discounts don’t stack). New install-lifecycle deltas vs the previous release would clear the discount.

Recommended action

Review before promoting

Mixed signals: the package has indicators worth reading before allowing the update in automated dependency flows.

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Publisherdavidwells
Artifact bytes189,551
Previous version0.9.17
Published2026-05-28T03:48:38.358Z
SHA-2565c6195bb2f6d6cfc11879f413d3e315043879730eb23ee2a7d0c3e98556b3bc8

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

Js Decode Then Exec: base64 / atob / fromCharCode decode paired with eval / new Function in the same file — canonical obfuscated-loader pattern.

Not observed: package install, lifecycle script execution, or sandbox execution. PkgRadar only inspects on-disk artifacts.

Availability ledger

available

review
Last checked
reviewRisk
22Score
0.10.0Version
Status history (1 event)
  1. new → available · risk review · score 22 · status changed

Evidence

Static findings

1 static · 0 from release diff · showing high-signal first.

SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
highJs Decode Then Execpackage/src/resolvers/valueFromEval.jsbase64 / atob / fromCharCode decode paired with eval / new Function in the same file — canonical obfuscated-loader pattern.45

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts17
  • docsnode ./scripts/docs.js
  • inforepomix --include "cli.js,src/**/*.js" --ignore "**/*.test.js" --copy
  • prepublishOnlynpm run types
  • publishgit push origin && git push origin --tags
  • release:majornpm version major && npm publish
  • release:minornpm version minor && npm publish
  • release:patchnpm version patch && npm publish
  • t./scripts/run-tests.sh
  • testnpm run test:slow && npm run test:lib && uvu tests ".*\.test.js$"
  • test:apiuvu tests/api api.test.js
  • test:libuvu src ".*\.test.js$"
  • test:slowuvu src ".*\.slow-test.js$" && uvu tests ".*\.slow-test.js$"
  • test:testsuvu tests ".*\.test.js$"
  • typechecktsc --noEmit
  • typestsc
  • types:watchtsc --watch
  • watchwatchlist tests -- npm test
Dependencies19
  • @clack/prompts^0.11.0
  • @davidwells/box-logger^2.0.3
  • @iarna/toml^2.2.5
  • dot-prop^5.3.0
  • env-stage-loader^1.1.3
  • find-up^3.0.0
  • git-url-parse^14.0.0
  • ini^5.0.0
  • jiti^2.4.2
  • js-yaml^3.14.1
  • json5^2.2.3
  • lodash.camelcase^4.3.0
  • lodash.clonedeep^4.5.0
  • lodash.kebabcase^4.1.1
  • minimist^1.2.8
  • safe-chalk^1.0.4
  • subscript^9.1.0
  • sync-rpc^1.3.6
  • traverse^0.6.8