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commander — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of commander on npm: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 8/7/2026
Approvedcommander@15.0.0View on registry ↗latest: 15.0.0

The only finding is a benign version metadata mismatch in package-support.json (uses '*' for a support/donation file). No malicious code, sinks, or behavior present in the provided sources. This is the legitimate commander package.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

Commander is a library for building Node.js command-line programs, providing argument parsing, command definition, and help generation. The package includes lib/ modules for arguments, commands, options, and related functionality, with index.js as the entry point. No runtime dependencies are declared.

Capabilities

  • Parses command-line arguments and options
  • Defines CLI commands and subcommands
  • Generates help text and usage info
  • Runs development checks via npm scripts (lint, type, format, test)

Data access

  • None observed

Network

  • No network access observed

Standard CLI utility library with no declared dependencies or network activity; the reported version metadata mismatch is a minor packaging anomaly that warrants verifying the installed files against the official source.

Security findings (1)

Static analysis rule matches, with the exact code that triggered them.

mediumVersion metadata mismatchATK-007package-support.json

Version mismatch in package-support.json

Package metadata

LicenseMIT

the complete solution for node.js command-line programs

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Files in package (24)

LICENSEpackage/LICENSElib/argument.jspackage/lib/argument.jslib/command.jspackage/lib/command.jslib/error.jspackage/lib/error.jslib/help.jspackage/lib/help.jsindex.jspackage/index.jslib/option.jspackage/lib/option.jslib/suggestSimilar.jspackage/lib/suggestSimilar.jspackage-support.jsonpackage/package-support.jsonpackage.jsonpackage/package.jsonReadme.mdpackage/Readme.mdtypings/index.d.tspackage/typings/index.d.ts

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