Is "Eclipse Codewind tool for OpenAPI" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

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IBM · vscode · v0.14.1

Create API clients, server stubs, and HTML documentation from an OpenAPI definition

Risk Assessment

Analyzed
63.05
out of 100
MEDIUM

8987 security findings detected across all analyzers

VS Code extension analyzed via package manifest and static code analysis

Severity Breakdown

0
Critical
900
High
8080
Medium
7
Low
0
Info

Finding Categories

900
Malware Signatures
8
Network
92
IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

9 rules(900 hits)
postinstall network communication postinstall registry modification postinstall file download postinstall obfuscation postinstall system command postinstall file manipulation postinstall environment access HavingAPermissiveCrossOriginResourceSharingPolicy postinstall crypto operations

About This Extension

Create API clients, server stubs, and HTML documentation from an OpenAPI definition

Detailed Findings

908 total

YARA Rule Matches

9 rules

Indicators of Compromise

Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis

URLs
92
IP Addresses
4
Strings
92

All Indicators · 92

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/apocas/docker-modem#readme

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/apocas/docker-modem#readme

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/fb55/boolbase

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/fb55/boolbase

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/issues

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz

XIOC detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/thanks)!

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/thanks)!

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URL
detected URL: https://www.patreon.com/juliangruber).

XIOC detected URL: https://www.patreon.com/juliangruber).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/sponsors)!

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/sponsors)!

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/isaacs)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/isaacs)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-standard-brightgreen.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-standard-brightgreen.svg

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/buffer.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/buffer.svg

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://npmjs.org/package/buffer

XIOC detected URL: https://npmjs.org/package/buffer

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/buffer.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/buffer.svg

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://travis-ci.org/feross/buffer

XIOC detected URL: https://travis-ci.org/feross/buffer

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://img.shields.io/travis/feross/buffer/master.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/travis/feross/buffer/master.svg

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html)

XIOC detected URL: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html).

XIOC detected URL: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html).

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URL
detected URL: http://browserify.org),

XIOC detected URL: http://browserify.org),

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URL
detected URL: https://saucelabs.com/u/buffer

XIOC detected URL: https://saucelabs.com/u/buffer

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://saucelabs.com/browser-matrix/buffer.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://saucelabs.com/browser-matrix/buffer.svg

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://nodejs.org/),

XIOC detected URL: https://nodejs.org/),

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URL
detected URL: https://standardjs.com

XIOC detected URL: https://standardjs.com

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-buffer)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-buffer)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer-xor)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer-xor)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer-reverse)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer-reverse)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/documentation.html#documentation_stability_index),

XIOC detected URL: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/documentation.html#documentation_stability_index),

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://browserify.org)

XIOC detected URL: http://browserify.org)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://bundle.run/buffer).

XIOC detected URL: https://bundle.run/buffer).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-buffer?utm_source=npm-buffer&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise&utm_term=repo)

XIOC detected URL: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-buffer?utm_source=npm-buffer&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise&utm_term=repo)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/toots/buffer-browserify).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/toots/buffer-browserify).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://cdn.rawgit.com/feross/standard/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/feross/standard)

XIOC detected URL: https://cdn.rawgit.com/feross/standard/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/feross/standard)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/standard).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/standard).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/airtap).

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/airtap).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/to-arraybuffer)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/to-arraybuffer)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/blob-to-buffer)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/blob-to-buffer)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/typedarray-to-buffer)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/typedarray-to-buffer)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues/154

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues/154

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/pull/148

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/pull/148

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/pull/97

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/pull/97

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695438).

XIOC detected URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695438).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://feross.org

XIOC detected URL: https://feross.org

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://feross.org),

XIOC detected URL: http://feross.org),

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/security)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/security)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://feross.org

XIOC detected URL: http://feross.org

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-5.5.0.tgz

XIOC detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-5.5.0.tgz

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues/219

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues/219

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues/166

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/feross/buffer/issues/166

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://stackoverflow.com/a/22747272/680742,

XIOC detected URL: http://stackoverflow.com/a/22747272/680742,

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32/raw/master/LICENSE

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32/raw/master/LICENSE

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32/issues

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-crc32/-/buffer-crc32-0.2.13.tgz

XIOC detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-crc32/-/buffer-crc32-0.2.13.tgz

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/alexgorbatchev/node-crc,

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/alexgorbatchev/node-crc,

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/PNG/#D-CRCAppendix

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/PNG/#D-CRCAppendix

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://secure.travis-ci.org/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32)

XIOC detected URL: https://secure.travis-ci.org/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/brianloveswords/buffer-crc32)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-alloc-unsafe)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-alloc-unsafe)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-alloc)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-alloc)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-from.git

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-from.git

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-from#readme

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-from#readme

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://ponyfill.com)

XIOC detected URL: https://ponyfill.com)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-from/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/LinusU/buffer-from/issues

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz

XIOC detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://travis-ci.org/chalk/chalk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/chalk)

XIOC detected URL: https://travis-ci.org/chalk/chalk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/chalk)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk.git

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk#readme

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk#readme

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz

XIOC detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/pull/92

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/pull/92

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues/58

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues/58

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.patreon.com/sindresorhus

XIOC detected URL: https://www.patreon.com/sindresorhus

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended/chalk)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended/chalk)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/releases/tag/v2.0.0)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk/releases/tag/v2.0.0)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs)

XIOC detected URL: https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-XO-5ed9c7.svg)](https://github.com/xojs/xo)

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-XO-5ed9c7.svg)](https://github.com/xojs/xo)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/unicorn-approved-ff69b4.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9auOCbH5Ns4)

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/unicorn-approved-ff69b4.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9auOCbH5Ns4)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://coveralls.io/repos/github/chalk/chalk/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/chalk/chalk?branch=master)

XIOC detected URL: https://coveralls.io/repos/github/chalk/chalk/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/chalk/chalk?branch=master)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords)

XIOC detected URL: https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors#Hex_triplet)

XIOC detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors#Hex_triplet)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model)

XIOC detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://exploringjs.com/es6/ch_template-literals.html#_tagged-template-literals).

XIOC detected URL: http://exploringjs.com/es6/ch_template-literals.html#_tagged-template-literals).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/supports-color).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/supports-color).

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#console_console_log_data_args):

XIOC detected URL: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#console_console_log_data_args):

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URL
detected URL: https://c5.patreon.com/external/logo/[email protected]

XIOC detected URL: https://c5.patreon.com/external/logo/[email protected]

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/yeoman/yo/issues/68)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/yeoman/yo/issues/68)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://github.com/Marak/colors.js)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Marak/colors.js)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://cmder.net/)

XIOC detected URL: http://cmder.net/)

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HWB_color_model)

XIOC detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HWB_color_model)

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Eclipse Codewind tool for OpenAPI is a Visual Studio Code Marketplace extension published by IBM. Version 0.14.1 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 63.05/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 8987 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents high security risk. Significant concerns were identified during analysis. It is not recommended for use in sensitive or production environments without thorough review.

Findings Breakdown

  • High: 900 finding(s)
  • Medium: 8080 finding(s)
  • Low: 7 finding(s)

What Was Analyzed

The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:

  • Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
  • Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
  • Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
  • Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
  • Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques

Developer Information

Eclipse Codewind tool for OpenAPI is published by IBM on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace marketplace. The extension has approximately 12K users.

Recommendation

This extension is not recommended for installation without thorough manual review. Consider alternatives with lower risk scores, or contact the developer to address the identified security concerns.

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