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debug — deep security report

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

Dangerous — known malicious
This package matches a known-malicious advisory and is blocked by ShadowCanopy by default.
Scanned 10/7/2026
Known maliciousdebug@4.4.0View on registry ↗latest: 4.4.0

This package matches a known-malicious advisory and is blocked by ShadowCanopy by default across every project. 1 flagged version.

No static findings, standard debug package file layout, clean sandbox install. Legitimate well-known utility with no malicious behavior indicated.

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AI breakdown

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

Lightweight debugging utility for Node.js and the browser. Main entry point is src/index.js with supporting modules for browser and Node environments; depends on the ms package.

Capabilities

  • Includes browser and Node.js specific modules
  • Runs test and lint scripts via npm

Data access

  • None observed

Network

  • No network access observed

Standard utility package with only test/lint scripts and a single small dependency; no unusual behaviors or access patterns observed in the manifest.

Dependency & execution chain

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2 packages2 direct
debug@4.4.0
ms@2.1.3

Package metadata

LicenseMIT

Lightweight debugging utility for Node.js and the browser

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Files in package (14)

LICENSEpackage/LICENSEsrc/browser.jspackage/src/browser.jssrc/common.jspackage/src/common.jssrc/index.jspackage/src/index.jssrc/node.jspackage/src/node.jspackage.jsonpackage/package.jsonREADME.mdpackage/README.md

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